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By David Gates

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Ginzburg's beautifully designed arts quarterly Eros lasted just four issues in 1962 and '63. But his conviction for obscenity made him a First Amendment hero. After losing his appeal to the Supreme Court, he served eight months in prison.

What lover of classical music wasn't in love with her? Hunt Lieberson's rich, superbly controlled and deeply passionate mezzo made Bach's solo cantatas sound new again, and such new music as John Harbison's 2000 opera "The Great Gatsby" sound timeless. She started out playing viola--an instrument to which her voice was often compared. "Lorraine gives so much of her inner soul," Harbison once said. No one could help but hear.

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