Women and music in the age of Austen Highlighting womens central role in the performance composition reception and representation of music Women and Music in the Age of Austen analyzes their formative and lasting effect upon Georgian culture. This interdisciplinary collection of essays from the fields of musicology literary studies and gender studies challenges the categories that populate conventional histories of Austens time and marginalize the experience of women: dismantling the divisions between professional and amateur musicians public and domestic sites of musical production and performers and composers of music the contributors reveal how womens widespread involvement in the Georgian musical scene allowed for their self expression artistic influence and access to communities that transcended the boundaries of gender class and nationality. This volumes breadth of focus advances our understanding of a period that witnessed a flourishing of music much of it brought to life by female hands and voices