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Contents
Introduction A Material Girl in Bluebeards Castle | 3 |
Constructions of Gender in Monteverdis Dramatic Music | 35 |
Sexual Politics in Classical Music | 53 |
Excess and Frame The Musical Representation of Madwomen | 80 |
Getting Down Off the Beanstalk The Presence of a Womans Voice in Janika Vanderveldes Genesis II | 112 |
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| Title | Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality |
| Author | Susan McClary |
| Publisher | U of Minnesota Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 145290636X, 9781452906362 |
| Length | 220 pages |
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