Bel Canto Press

Reflections on Women as both Creators and Catalysts of Musical Composition       

by Sarah Bruce Kelly

Contents:

The Musical Patronage of Isabella d'Este and Artistic Individualism in Music

Music Education in the Venetian Ospedale

Lucrezia Borgia and the "Dark Web" of Transgressive Motherhood

Mary Lou Williams, Music, and Mysticism: A Jazz Artist's Distinctive Musicality

Essays on an Unbroken Musical Tradition

by Sarah Bruce Kelly

Contents:

The Psalms as Poetry, Prayer, and Praise

Venetian Catholicism and the Development of Cori Spezzati

The Art of Persuasion: Music and Visual Rhetoric in the 17th Century

Singing Our Faith: Music, Spirit, and Community in Catholic Campus Ministry