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June 02, 2006: Galileo's Letters Inspire a Musical Tribute
" The life of Galileo -- astronomer, musician, Renaissance man -- is the subject of a new musical work."
"Composer Glenn McClure created the hour-long oratorio "The Starry Messenger" after reading Galileo's Daughter, a book by science writer Dava Sobel that drew upon Galileo's correspondence with one of his two daughters."
