A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a senior scholar in musicology telling me that contrary to my understanding and that of many others whom I respect, women had not, in fact, been neglected in standard narratives of music history. I received this message shortly after giving a lecture-recital with Yi-heng Yang about Madame Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy, a woman of the French Enlightenment who composed as well as played, and to whom many other composers dedicated works. L