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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to acknowledge most gratefully Berklee College of Music for a yearlong leave of absence in which to concentrate on this book before my allotted sabbatical year arrived. In particular, I thank former department chair Charles Combs and former division dean Lawrence McClellan, who very kindly facilitated this leave, lending personal as well as institutional encouragement to the endeavor. In Rome, I owe many thanks to Cristina Giorcelli, director of the doctoral program in American studies at the Università degli Studi di Roma, Roma Tre; to Sara Antonelli, university researcher at Roma Tre; to John Cabot University for faculty development funds; and to the librarians of the Centro Studi Americani, particularly to Annalisa Capristo and Silvia Cellitti. In the latter stages of this project, Leo Mazow and Jochen Wierich attentively read and commented on the manuscript, giving me pertinent advice for improving it. I thank them for their participation and thoughtful readings. For the actual publication of the book, I am certainly indebted to Eleanor Goodman, executive editor at the Pennsylvania State University Press, who steered the manuscript (and its author) through the long process with a steady hand and much good will. My sincere thanks also to the wonderfully efficient, helpful, and friendly members of the editorial and production departments: Patty Mitchell, production coordinator; Jennifer Norton, assistant director and design and production manager; Charlee Redman, editorial assistant; Laura Reed-Morrisson, managing editor; and Julie Schoelles, manuscript editor. It is a pleasure to have the chance here to thank my teachers Alan Draper, the late Betsy Rezelman, Patricia Hills, and Eric Rosenberg, who, directly or indirectly, have been fundamental to my thinking on this and ever so many other topics. I am particularly grateful to Eric Rosenberg for his encouragement, mentoring, and friendship, not to mention his ongoing engagement with this book. And, finally, to four Georgis and one Puglisi, my deepest gratitude for their love and support.