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I warmly endorse any book that deals with music of any kind, especially the present one. With great interest I enjoyed the variety of articles contained therein. The world's new reality caused by the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting over and over that music has the power to uplift and console, not to mention to heal. The publication's CD illustrates in sound how many genres thrive during these troublesome times. Music is an essential part of our souls and thus also of the fabric of human society. Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris Sibelius Academy The University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki), Finland

I warmly endorse any book that deals with music of any kind, especially the present one. With great interest I enjoyed the variety of articles contained therein. The world's new reality caused by the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting over and over that music has the power to uplift and console, not to mention to heal. The publication's CD illustrates in sound how many genres thrive during these troublesome times. Music is an essential part of our souls and thus also of the fabric of human society. Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris Sibelius Academy The University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki), Finland

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"Lawrence Kramer is Distinguished Professor of English and Music at Fordham University, the editor of the journal 19th-Century Music, and a prizewinning composer whose works have been performed throughout the United States and Europe. His work has been translated into ten languages and has been the subject of session meetings at scholarly societies and symposiums in the United States, Europe, and China. Kramer's numerous books on music and culture include, most recently, The Hum of the World: A Philosophy of Listening (2019), and Song Acts: Writings on Words and Music (2017). Musical Meaning and Human Values (2009), co-edited with Keith Chapin and based on an international conference held in Kramer's honor in 2007, featured the premiere of seven songs for voice and cello to texts adapted from Nietzsche's The Gay Science, since then incorporated into the eleven-song cycle ""Bearing the Light,"" premiered in New York City in 2014. Performances since 2019 include ""From The Ghetto"" for Voice and Piano; Part Songs for Mixed Chorus; Angels of Wind and Fire: Book I of Song Acts (six songs), for Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Piano; ""Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"" for Voice and Piano; The Distances: Piano Quartet no. 2; and Reflections and Memories: String Quartet no. 8, included on the CD accompanying this volume. Alberto Nones teaches History and Aesthetics of Music at the G.Puccini Conservatory of Music of Gallarate, Italy. He is the author of four books on topics as diverse as Verdi, twentieth-century Italian opera composer Riccardo Zandonai, baroque composer Francesco Antonio Bonporti, and the Doors, and has published two edited volumes and many articles in academic journals. An accomplished concert pianist, he performs throughout Europe and has recorded various CDs, among which: Complete Mazurkas by Chopin (Continuo Records, 2016), which has been acclaimed by some of Italy's most respected critics; Brahms's Sonatas for Piano and Violin (Luna Rossa Records, 2017, with violinist Franco Mezzena); and most recently Pietro Cimara L'Infinito - Arts Songs for Soprano and Piano (Da Vinci Classics, 2019, with soprano Nunzia Santodirocco). Since 2011, Nones has worked as author and broadcaster of radio programs for RAI, the Italian national broadcast company. He is the founder and president of the Associazione Europea di Musica e Comunicazione (AEMC), which organizes, among other things, an academic conference on ""Music, Communication and Performance"" that has caught the attention of scholars and musicians from all corners of the world."

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