This volume focuses on the circumstances of women's music-making in the diverse environment of Habsburg Central Europe, especially Bohemia and Lower Austria, during the 19th century. It sheds light on little-known women musicians, and reconsiders well-works and composers from woman-centric perspectives.

IntroductionANJA BUNZEL AND CHRISTOPHER CAMPO-BOWENPART 1Performance and Identity1 Bohemian Divas and the Rise of Czech National ConsciousnessMARTIN NEDBAL, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, USA2 Sweet Street Music for Petty Alms: The Barrel-Organ Career of Anna Balcarová in the Podebrady Region, 1889-1905RISTO PEKKA PENNANEN, SIBELIUS ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS HELSINKI, FINLAND3 The Australian Career of Soprano Gabriella Roubalová ("Madame Boema")JANICE B. STOCKIGT, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA4 EliSka Krásnohorská and Czech Operatic Historiography: Reconciling the Paradox of Women's Authorial VoicesBRIAN S. LOCKE, WESTERN LLLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USAPART 2Institutional Structures and Networks 5 Women in the Musical Culture of Viennese Czechs (Slavs) in the Nineteenth Century: Towards a Social TypologyVIKTOR VELEK, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC6 Josef Hellmesberger's Female Students from Moravia and Their Presence in European Musical LifeANNKATRIN BABBE, ALBAN BERG FOUNDATION, VIENNA, AUSTRIA7 The "Disorder It Created": Women's Education at the Prague Conservatory in the Nineteenth CenturyFREIA HOFFMANN, SOPHIE DRINKER INSTITUTE, BREMEN / UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBERG, GERMANY8 The Three Ebert Sisters: Wilhelmine Tomaschek, Juliane Glaser, and Elisabeth HansgirgMARKÉTA KABELKOVÁ, NATIONAL MUSEUM - CZECH MUSEUM OF MUSIC, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC9 Reminiscences of Past Sounds: The Musical Autograph Album (1813-1852) of Elise Gräfin von SchlikHENRIKE ROST, UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS, VIENNA, AUSTRIAPART 3Reception and Analysis10 Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach and Her Piano WorksJANA LENGOVÁ, INSTITUTE OF MUSICOLOGY, SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC11 "My Soul Is Filled with Songs": Josefina Brdlíkováas a Song ComposerANJA BUNZEL, INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY, CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC12 Singing Women and the "Woman Question" in the Czech LandsKELLY ST. PIERRE, WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA / THE CENTER FOR THEORETICAL STUDIES, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC13 "Man-Hungry Amazon" or "Treacherous Trumpeter"? A Case Study of the Sources for and Reception of Fibichand Schulzová's sárkaEMMA PARKER, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, SANTA BARBARA, USA14 Jezibaba's Ambiguities: Binaries, Power, and Queer Alterity in Antonín Dvorák's RusalkaCHRISTOPHER CAMPO-BOWEN, VIRGINIA TECH SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS, USA15 Afterword: Dvorák's WomenMICHAEL BECKERMAN, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, USA