Isabella Medici-Orsini / Donna G. Cardamone -- Simil combattimento fatto de dame / Nina Treadwell -- Madalena Casulana / Thomasin LaMay -- Chaste warriors and virgin martyrs in Floretine musical spectacle / Kelley Harness -- Nonne della ninfa / Laurie Stras -- Gossip, erotica, and the male spy in Alessandro Striggio's Il cicalamento delle donne al bucato (1567) / Christina Fuhrmann -- Construction of desire in early baroque instrumental music / Andrew Dell'Antonio -- Music, sex, and ethnicity / Rose A. Pruiksma -- Sic ego te dilegebam / Todd M. Borgerding -- Christine de Pizan and Deuil Angoisseux / Liane Curtis