The Elements of Style, E.B. White and William Strunk's classic
   manual on writing and usage, has now been given visual and musical
   life.  A new edition features illustrations by Maira Kalman,
   while composer Nico Muhly offers a musical adaptation in the
   form of a song cycle.

   Muhly's work was recently played in a concert at the New York
   Public Library. And Kalman is already making plans for a bigger
   theater piece based on the manual that will include both opera
   and dance.

   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4985137

Excerpts are available from that site, but beware: they are in the "smil,"
or Synchronized Multimedia Media file format, necessitating use of
RealNetworks' pesky RealPlayer.

Janos Gereben
www.sfcv.org
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