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LYRICA SOCIETY for WORD-MUSIC RELATIONS

An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences. —Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (1920)


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Committees

President of the Lyrica Society

Paul-André Bempéchat, Harvard University (paul_bempechat@harvard.edu)
c/o Leverett House, Harvard University, 28 DeWolfe Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Editor-in-Chief

Helen Julia Minors, Kingston University (UK) (h.minors at kingston.ac.uk)

Review Editors

Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden, University of North Texas (rebecca.geoffroy-schwinden@unt.edu)

Editorial Board

Michael Beckerman, New York University
Alexander Blachly, University of Notre Dame
Bertil van Boer, Western Washington University
Peter Laki, Bard College
Sharon Mirchandani, Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University
Andrew Moravcsik, Princeton University
J. J. Penna, Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University

Graphic Design
J. Charles Altieri

Liaison Officers

American Comparative Literature Association, Paul-André Bempéchat, Harvard University America Musicological American Musicological Society, Mark DeVoto, Tufts University, Emeritus
Modern Language Association, Jeff Dailey, Five Towns College
Music Library Association, Sarah Dorsey, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
National Opera Association, Robert Hansen, West Texas A & M University
Renaissance Society of America, Tom Conley, Harvard University
Society for American Music, Sharon Merchandani, Rider University
Society for Ethnomusicology, Eric Hung, Rider University
Society for Music Theory, Janet Schmalfeldt, Tufts University

Francophone Communities: Emmanuèle Goulon, Harvard University/Sorbonne

Germanic Communities and Hungary: Peter Laki, Bard College

Hispanic Communities: Vacant
Italian Communities: Paul-André Bempéchat

Slavic Communities:
Martin Nedbal, University of Kansas

Advisory Board

Robert Crawford, St. Louis, MO
Jeff S. Dailey, Five Towns College
George Gopen, Duke University
Lori Laitman, Washington (DC)
Christie McDonald, Harvard University
Patrice d’Ollone, Délégué artistique emeritus, Orchestre National de France
Jann Pasler, University of California, San Diego

Comité d'honneur

Dominick Argento
Frank Bidart
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Danièle Pistone
Michael Putnam

In Memoriam

Peter Gomes
Sidney Harth
Martin Isepp

Webmaster
Dennis G. Sprous

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Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations, c/o Dr. Paul-André Bempéchat,
28 De Wolfe Street, Leverett House,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
 lyricasociety@aol.com

Created: 14-Mar-2011
Revised: 26-Jul-2018
Author: D.G. Sprous