People should know that Maneri was also an outstanding professor at the New England Conservatory of Music and the composer of high quality classical music. He was also a scholar when it came to traditional studies in harmony, counterpoint, and form. His knowledge of counterpoint was supreme, and as I remember it he had written more than ten fugues (and an organ fugue) with his own teacher (Josef Schmid, a student of Alban Berg's). I shall always cherish our counterpoint lessons, his friendliness, and his hospitality. For those interested, a good first step would be to enquire into his song, "And Death Shall Have No Dominion" in order to get acquainted with his classical music (thankfully now available on RU-vid with the score in an excellent performance by Christopher Oldfather and Beverly Morgan!).
