Gender and the Musical Canon
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: November 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780252069161
Subjects: Music; Modern Music; Women And Music; Music/Songbooks; Sociology; History & Criticism - General; Women's Studies - General; Music / General; General; History and criticism; Music by women composers; Musical canon
First sentence: According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, "canon" traces back through Middle and Old English to Latin, and to Greek "kanon," to denote "ruler, rule, model, standard."