Symphonic Sentence Examples

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  • This brings us to the latest radical change effected in instrumentation, the change from symphonic to dramatic principles.

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  • To write an account of symphonic instrumentation in any detail would be like attempting a history of emotional expression; and all that we can do here is to point out that the problem which was, so to speak, shelved by the polyphonic device of the continuo, was for a long time solved only by methods which, in any hands but those of the greatest masters, were very inartistic conventions.

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  • Bach's sonatas; then the medium itself began to suggest wider horizons and new possibilities of treatment; his position at Eisenstadt enabled him to experiment without reserve; his genius, essentially symphonic in character, found its true outlet in the opportunities of pure musical structure.

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  • Musical styles are all over the map, ranging from symphonic to techno.

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  • Not only were movie scenes detailed and breathtaking, but so was the symphonic music created by composer Howard Shore.

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  • Numerous factors came into play to make the alto trombone 's rôle in the symphonic repertoire relatively brief.

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  • In 1944, a symphonic band piece was created with the title Russian Christmas Music.

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  • After Star Wars, movie directors turned to using large, sweeping, symphonic theme songs that made a strong statement.

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  • The invention of the damper-pedal in the pianoforte epitomizes the difference between polyphony and symphonic art, for it is the earliest device by which sounds are produced and prolonged in a way contrary to the spirit of "real" part-writing.

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  • At present we can only be certain that the criterion according to which Brahms, being a symphonic writer, has no mastery of orchestration whatever, is not a criterion compatible with any sense of symphonic style.

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  • The enormous dramatic development in the symphonic music of Beethoven made the problem of the Mass with orchestral accompaniment almost insoluble.

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  • Its membership is open to all such organizations including chamber orchestras, symphonic wind and jazz orchestras.

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  • From humble beginnings as a village schoolmaster's son he grew to become a colossus in the world of symphonic music.

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  • Another, the moving symphonic poem, " Heartbeat of Baghdad, " celebrates the joys and sorrows of this ancient city.

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  • More voices gives you the ability to layer instruments, add parts to your arrangement and approximate huge symphonic orchestras.

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  • This track is sure to please fans on the lighter edge of the metal market and fans of symphonic prog alike.

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  • Performed with just strings and piano sounds throughout, this almost symphonic composition is the best track on the DVD for me.

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  • From the introductory bars, it is evident that this is going to be a large-scale, truly symphonic work.

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  • Although his output was largely symphonic and orchestral, his religious upbringing played a significant role in influencing his choral compositions.

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  • This passage shows that if Beethoven had had the modern trumpet at his disposal, while he would no doubt freely have used its resources, he would nevertheless have maintained its character as an instrument founded on the natural scale, and would have agreed with Brahms that the nobility and purity of its tone depends upon its faithful adherence, at least within symphonic limits, to types of melody suggestive of that scale.

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  • A crowd of instruments that seemed at first to overwhelm it in sympathetic comments is perfectly dramatic and appropriate on the symphonic scale.

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  • It engages the ear more exclusively, and therefore it needs an accuracy and an elaboration of paraphernalia quite irrelevant to symphonic art.

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  • Major symphonic orchestras unlike ballet companies do not have that much a different repertoire.

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  • North Cheshire Concert Band The North Cheshire Concert Band is a symphonic wind ensemble based in Warrington.

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  • It has nothing to with the German idea of a chorale, as these are long symphonic compositions based on a flowing melody.

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  • Many of those works are still in rotation on classical music stations worldwide and performed in symphonic halls the world over.

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  • The Star Wars theme song was an amazing symphonic masterpiece created by composer John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

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  • His appeal to musicians was made in a threefold capacity, and we have, therefore, to deal with Liszt the unrivalled pianoforte virtuoso (1830 - r848); Liszt the conductor of the "music of the future " at Weimar, the teacher of Tausig, Billow and a host of lesser pianists, the eloquent writer on music and musicians, the champion of Berlioz and Wagner (1848-1861); and Liszt the prolific composer, who for some five-and-thirty years continued to put forth pianoforte pieces, songs, symphonic orchestral pieces, cantatas, masses, psalms and oratorios (1847-1882).

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  • His first symphony was written in 1862-1867; his opera Prince Igor, begun in 1869, was left unfinished at his death, and was completed by RimskyKorsakov and Glazounov (1889); his symphonic sketch, "In the Steppes" (1880) is, however, his best-known work.

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  • At this point I was reminded of early Enid as both bands tend to lean toward the symphonic in structure and nature.

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  • There is hardly one of Wagner's orchestral innovations which is not inseparably connected with his adaptation of music to the re q uirements of drama; and modern conductors, in treating Wagner's orchestration, as the normal standard by which all previous and contemporary music must be judged, are doing their best to found a tradition which in another fifty years will be exploded as thoroughly as the tradition of symphonic additional accompaniments is now exploded in the performances of Bach and Handel.

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