English music studies often apply rigid classifications to musical materials, their uses, their consumers, and performers. The contributors to this volume argue that some performers and manuscripts from the early modern era defy conventional categorization as \\\"amateur\\\" or \\\"professional,\\\" \\\"native\\\" or \\\"foreign....

English music studies often apply rigid classifications to musical materials, their uses, their consumers, and performers. The contributors to this volume argue that some performers and manuscripts from the early modern era defy conventional categorization as \\\"amateur\\\" or \\\"professional,\\\" \\\"native\\\" or \\\"foreign....