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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Our next events:

The 2011 Lyrica Dialogues at Harvard: France the Lewd—France the Prude?

Friday, April 8, 8:30—6PM, Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard

American Musicological Society Annual Conference,

November 10-13, 2011, San Francisco

Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Seattle, January 5-8, 2012

2011 Membership Form

2010—2011 Lyrica Newsletter

Our peer-reviewed journal, Ars Lyrica





2011 Conference PDF


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OUR NEXT EVENT

The 2011 Lyrica Dialogues at Harvard:

“France the Lewd—France the Prude?”

Friday, April 8, 2011 8:30-6:00 PM

Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard



2011 Conference PDF

Cliquez-moi!

WELCOME

to the Internet site of the Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations, an independent academic and artistic organization which investigates the myriad of interactions between text and music. Since its founding in 1981, Lyrica has grown to include nearly 500 members and member societies in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. At its conferences, Lyrica welcomes literary, musicological and performance-practice research into word-music issues crossing all historical periods, and enveloping all musical and literary genres and cultural frameworks.

The Lyrica Society publishes an annual Newsletter which includes news of our activities, and feature articles on important figures and events in the world of arts and letters. Lyrica welcomes missives to its Newsletter, articles and book reviews to Ars Lyrica, and invites one and all to its conference presentations and Dialogues.

Here is our Membership Form.

For other inquiries regarding general information, memberships, or subscriptions, please e-mail lyricasociety@aol.com.

Cordially,

Paul-André Bempéchat, President


Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations, c/o Dr. Paul-André Bempéchat, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
lyricasociety@aol.com

Created: 14-Mar-2011
Revised: 01-Apr-2011
Author: D.G. Sprous