Claire Fontijn is Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College, where she teaches courses on Early Music; Opera; Music, Gender and Sexuality; Louis XIV's France; and the German Lied. Professor Fontijn's other books are Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger (2010) and The Vision of Music in Saint Hildegard's Scivias (2013).

Desperate Measures is ground-breaking, eye-opening, substantial and painstakingly researched.

• List of Documents (Appendix 1) ; List of Longer Musical Examples (Appendix 2) ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Uncovering her Story ; PART I. THE LIFE ; Chapter 1: The Girl Who Sings ; Chapter 2: Our Lady of Good News ; PART II. THE MUSIC ; Chapter 3: Harmonic Productions ; Chapter 4: Ties That Bind ; Chapter 5: The United Tastes ; Chapter 6: Penitence ; Chapter 7: Hercules in Love ; Postscript: Sunset ; Appendix 1. Documents ; Appendix 2. Longer Musical Examples ; List of Web Site Tracks ; Bibliography ; Index

Claire Fontijn is Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College, where she teaches courses on Early Music; Opera; Music, Gender and Sexuality; Louis XIV's France; and the German Lied. Professor Fontijn's other books are Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger (2010) and The Vision of Music in Saint Hildegard's Scivias (2013).

Desperate Measures is ground-breaking, eye-opening, substantial and painstakingly researched.

• List of Documents (Appendix 1) ; List of Longer Musical Examples (Appendix 2) ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Uncovering her Story ; PART I. THE LIFE ; Chapter 1: The Girl Who Sings ; Chapter 2: Our Lady of Good News ; PART II. THE MUSIC ; Chapter 3: Harmonic Productions ; Chapter 4: Ties That Bind ; Chapter 5: The United Tastes ; Chapter 6: Penitence ; Chapter 7: Hercules in Love ; Postscript: Sunset ; Appendix 1. Documents ; Appendix 2. Longer Musical Examples ; List of Web Site Tracks ; Bibliography ; Index

Claire Fontijn is Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music at Wellesley College, where she teaches courses on Early Music; Opera; Music, Gender and Sexuality; Louis XIV's France; and the German Lied. Professor Fontijn's other books are Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger (2010) and The Vision of Music in Saint Hildegard's Scivias (2013).

Desperate Measures is ground-breaking, eye-opening, substantial and painstakingly researched.

• List of Documents (Appendix 1) ; List of Longer Musical Examples (Appendix 2) ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Uncovering her Story ; PART I. THE LIFE ; Chapter 1: The Girl Who Sings ; Chapter 2: Our Lady of Good News ; PART II. THE MUSIC ; Chapter 3: Harmonic Productions ; Chapter 4: Ties That Bind ; Chapter 5: The United Tastes ; Chapter 6: Penitence ; Chapter 7: Hercules in Love ; Postscript: Sunset ; Appendix 1. Documents ; Appendix 2. Longer Musical Examples ; List of Web Site Tracks ; Bibliography ; Index