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[Lerer's] study of Shakespeare's last plays begins with Ariel, the performer struggling to maintain his artistic freedom in a power relationship. . . .They are linked by the figure of the courtly... — The Times More…

Review from previous edition [This] is a book that will not disappoint. Like the others in the series it combines the best scholarship in the field with lavish illustrations and photographs in... — All About History More…

The book is especially valuable because the author examines both the social and musical history of the guitar. Studies that focus just on one instrument can be sincere but dull, their pages filled... — Early Music America More…

In Women and Music in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara, Laurie Stras has produced a highly accessible and important volume - thoroughly researched and elegantly written - that throws open the clouded... — Music and Letters More…

This is an excellent and in many ways important, much-needed book. . . . One of the author's best accomplishments in this book is the reestablishment of the idea of medieval music qua music and... — Choice More…