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A fascinating book. THE CONSORT No one who reads this fine study will again treat music as a background to the Elizabethan court. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW [A] major undertaking of importance, a careful and thorough study of numerous examples of secular music that is undergirded by a keen understanding of music's role in the political life of a fascinating era. EARLY MUSIC Tightly organized and impeccably researched, this engaging study triangulates the disciplines of musicology, literary history, and iconography to present the political roles music could play within Elizabeth's court, and adds welcome nuance to the preexisting scholarly narratives of monarchial control over the arts. RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY [O]ffers a ... detailed and focused look at the application of music to the specific context of the world of the Elizabethan court. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

No one who reads this fine study will again treat music as a background to the Elizabethan court. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW [A] major undertaking of importance, a careful and thorough study of numerous examples of secular music that is undergirded by a keen understanding of music's role in the political life of a fascinating era. EARLY MUSIC Tightly organized and impeccably researched, this engaging study triangulates the disciplines of musicology, literary history, and iconography to present the political roles music could play within Elizabeth's court, and adds welcome nuance to the preexisting scholarly narratives of monarchial control over the arts. RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY [O]ffers a ... detailed and focused look at the application of music to the specific context of the world of the Elizabethan court. NORTHERN RENAISSANCE

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KATHERINE BUTLER is Senior Lecturer in Music, Northumbria University. She is the author of Music in Elizabethan Court Politics (2015 and 2019).

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