Articles centred on the use made by European nations of medieval texts and other artefacts to define their history and origins. The 19th century was a time of fierce national competition for the "ownership" of medieval documents and the legitimation of national histories. This volume contains papers dealing with the attempts of French scholars to claim English documents (and vice versa), as also of disputes between Scandinavian and British scholars, and Dutch, German and Italian scholars. Regionalism is also a repeated topic, with claims made for the autonomy of Frisia within the Netherlands, and Languedoc within France. Other papers deal with the rediscovery of medieval music, with early American attempts to redirect the course of 20th century poetry by appeal to medieval precedent, and with the continuing vitality of Dante's Divina Commedia (especially the Inferno) in the light of 20th century experience. The volume as a whole sheds new light on the whole process of appropriating history, which remains a vital and contentioustopic, both inside and outside the academic world. CONTRIBUTORS: MARK BURDE, MAGNUS FJALLDAL, ALPITA DE JONG, ANNETTE KREUZIGER-HERR, NILS HOLGER PETERSEN, RACHEL DRESSLER, KARL FUGELS, WILLIAM QUINN, PETER CHRISTENSEN

Gender, das kulturell konstruierte Geschlecht mittlerweile eine relevante Kategorie in der Betrachtung der Musikgeschichte und -kultur. Das Lexikon vereint zum ersten Mal genderrelevante Themenfelder der Musik und ihrer Geschichte in einem kompakten Lese- und Nachschlagewerk. Ein historischer Teil bietet überraschende Einblicke in die Musikgeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Der lexikalische Teil beinhaltet Sachartikel zu den Schlagworten der musikwissenschaftlichen Genderforschung sowie Personenartikel zu ausgewählten Frauen aus zentralen Bereichen der Musikgeschichte.