Lawrence KramerLawrence 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 bee 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. Read More Read Less