He studied at the University of his native city, choosing the law for his profession, but making music the occupation of his leisure hours, -- the well-known contrapuntist, Türk, being his instructor in musical theory and composition. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
You are not even a composer or learned contrapuntist. From Wordnik.com. [Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances] Reference
Piel's compositions reveal the resourceful contrapuntist, and are of classic purity of style. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Nicolas a musical education, and the boys became pupils of Dehn, the celebrated contrapuntist. From Wordnik.com. [The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations] Reference
Byrd was the most distinguished contrapuntist and the most prolific composer of his time in England. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
Mastersingers, but only a contrapuntist equal to Bach and Handel could have written such counterpoint. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner]
Purcell's; and eighteenth-century contrapuntist though Handel was, much of his technique came from Purcell. From Wordnik.com. [Purcell] Reference
Other music was required to depict the emotions than that of the contrapuntist, with its puzzling intricacies. From Wordnik.com. [For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music] Reference
I agree with Linda Ziskind and @contrapuntist, do you have to define the format of microblogging as of June 2009?. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
He was the most gifted and most learned contrapuntist and composer before Palestrina and was the head of the Second. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
In 1844 his parents removed to Berlin, and he was placed under Dehn, the famous contrapuntist, to study composition. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers] Reference
Albrechtsberger, one of these, was a famous contrapuntist of his time, and the student gained much from his teaching. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians] Reference
He was the most consummate contrapuntist of his age: therefore the critics and professors declared he knew nothing about counterpoint. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner Composer of Operas] Reference
George Lopez is about to transform Sandra Bullock into a chola. contrapuntist I am thankful George Lopez gives me something to watch at night. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Andante pastorale, then into the contrapuntist of the Allegretto un poco, which allows the strings, horns, and woodwinds no end of luxurious interplay. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
Nothing could be more absurd: as well attempt to interpret Beethoven in terms of mathematical physics - as many a fatuous contrapuntist, indeed, has tried to do. From Wordnik.com. [Prejudices : first series,] Reference
In 1844 his parents removed to Berlin, and he was placed under Dehn, the famous contrapuntist, to study composition, his brother Nicholas being a companion in his work. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers] Reference
For this esteemed pianist and famous contrapuntist he had also a letter of introduction, and he was glad to meet him in Prague, as he otherwise would have missed seeing him. From Wordnik.com. [Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician]
Richard that if he once learnt the tricks of the trade he would be able to compose just as he liked; in six months Richard had become an expert contrapuntist and could fugue it with students who had toiled for years. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner Composer of Operas] Reference
By others he has been called the greatest contrapuntist after Bach, the greatest architectonist after Beethoven, the man of creative power who assimilated the older forms and invested them with a new life entirely his own. From Wordnik.com. [For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music] Reference
He was a poor contrapuntist, and his madrigals are chiefly interesting as a proof of how ill the novel harmonies of which he was the discoverer accorded with the severe purity of the older school But in the new art he found the field his genius required. From Wordnik.com. [The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.] Reference
The spirit of Purcell's work and its technique did not die with Purcell: the spirit of much of Handel's music, and certainly of his masterpiece, Israel in Egypt, is Purcell's; and eighteenth-century contrapuntist though Handel was, much of his technique came from Purcell. From Wordnik.com. [Purcell]
Similarly, his polyphonic style is easily intelligible to the trained contrapuntist "-- and more to the same effect, Jadassohn is here only expressing what every competent musician knows. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference
Weinlig saw what was wrong and what was wanted; instead of Mueller's “you must not do this or that: it is against 'rule,' “he explained matters and showed Richard that if he once learnt the tricks of the trade he would be able to compose just as he liked; in six months Richard had become an expert contrapuntist and could fugue it with students who had toiled for years. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Wagner]
Schumann's self was no worse contrapuntist. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Browning: How to Know Him] Reference
New study: Deep brand engagement correlates with financial performance http://ow. ly/hP1n contrapuntist Interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Gottschalg, Grosse (trombone-player and contrapuntist), Wahlbrull. From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
@TheJuryExpert) contrapuntist @teniralCist I am going to guess that you loathed etudes because of juries. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
@caitlinmoran writing about lady gaga in the times (outside paywall) http://bit. ly/cP1Sa2 investingtips A commercial helped me make the best choice for investing my money ... contrapuntist Sounds like a good show. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
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