Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations

	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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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)

Committees
President of the Lyrica Society	Paul-André Bempéchat (paul_bempechat at harvard.edu) c/o Center for European Studies, Harvard University 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Editor	Robert Fallon (rfallon at cmu.edu) Carnegie Mellon School of Music 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Associate Editors	Lenore Kitts, University of California, Berkeley (kitts at berkeley.edu) Marie Sumner Lott, The Pennsylvania State University, State College (mxs834 at psu.edu)
Review Editors	Music: Eric Hung, Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University (ehung at rider.edu) Literature: Steven Rozenski, Jr., Harvard University (rozenski at fas.harvard.edu)
Editorial Assistant	Michael J. Ceurvorst, Carnegie Mellon School of Music (mceurvor at andrew.cmu.edu)
Editorial Board	Daniel Albright, Harvard University Michael Beckerman, New York University Alexander Blachly, University of Notre Dame Bertil van Boer, Western Washington University Wolfgang Haase, Boston University Margaret Higonnet, University of Connecticut Peter Laki, Bard College Judith Mabary, University of Missouri, Columbia Sharon Mirchandani, Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University Andrew Moravcsik, Princeton University J. J. Penna, Westminster College of the Arts, Rider University
Liaison Officers	American Comparative Literature Association Literature: Steven Rozenski Harvard University Music: Paul-André Bempéchat, Harvard University American Association of Research Libraries Mary Beth Clack, Harvard University America 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 Association of Teachers of Singing Sarah Daughtrey, Elizabethtown College 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
Advisory Board	Scott Burnham, Princeton University Robert Crawford, St. Louis, MO Jeff S. Dailey, Five Towns College Luis Fernández-Cifuentes, Harvard University George Gopen, Duke University Philip Gosset, University of Chicago Linda Hutcheon, University of Toronto 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 Susan Youens, University of Notre Dame
Comité d'honneur	Dominick Argento Frank Bidart Patricia Craig Sir Colin Davis Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Martin Isepp Hiroko Kishimoto Danièle Pistone Michael Putnam
In Memoriam	Peter Gomes Sidney Harth
Webmaster	Dennis G. Sprous

	Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations, c/o Dr. Paul-André Bempéchat, Center for European Studies, Harvard University 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 lyricasociety@aol.com	Created: 14-Mar-2011 Revised: 12-Apr-2011 Author: D.G. Sprous