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This volume examines musical culture both inside and outside 17th-century Sienese convents. The author argues that cloistered women in Siena enjoyed a significant degree of freedom to engage in musical pursuits.

Nuns as musicians --- Church music --- Pastoral music (Sacred) --- Religious music --- Sacred vocal music --- Devotional exercises --- Liturgics --- Music --- Music in churches --- Psalmody --- Women musicians --- Catholic Church. --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Catholic Church --- 78.21.2 Siena --- 78.93 --- Music in convents --- History and criticism.