MUSICAL

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cultural/musical event

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a monthly guide to the cultural events in London

a musical comedy (= with music and singing )

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As far as musical comedies go, this is one of the most successful.

a musical director

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He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.

long-running show/musical/soap opera etc

musical ability

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Tim showed musical ability at an early age.

musical chairs

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Scott is now the finance director, after a long game of musical chairs among top management.

musical comedy

musical expression (= expressing something through music )

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Charlie Parker took jazz to a new level of musical expression.

musical instrument

musical/artistic/creative etc talent

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It was at school that Brian’s musical talents were spotted.

musical/artistic/literary etc bent

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readers of a more literary bent

musical/comic/mathematical etc genius

musical/literary/artistic taste

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His musical tastes changed radically.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

ability

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The Princess, he declared, was' very accomplished, a very sensitive player and shows great musical ability .

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Because the music is simple, repetitive and easily accessible to all, no great musical ability and no books are required.

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Green was a ready judge of others' musical ability .

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A nation of music lovers mourns ... Despite his lack of musical ability , Gedge became interested in writing songs.

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The growth of instrumental tuition in schools means that large numbers of children with some musical ability are available to be recruited.

career

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All members of Sistah Blue are veteran musicians with accomplished musical careers .

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He says it's good to be able to start a musical career when your working life has finished.

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Green is pursuing a musical career and Priestley has turned producer-director.

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In this way they could continue their musical careers after their voices had changed.

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Her musical career continues - she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle.

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Somehow En Shao's musical career survived.

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She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944, but opted for a musical career .

chair

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They're playing musical chairs over at Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Time passed and we played musical chairs , rotating as the numbers called out got closer to the ones we were assigned.

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They were playing pass the parcel with the ball and musical chairs with the Oldham defence, who froze like statues.

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The band obliged with musical chairs , but after two of the dining room chairs were broken, they left off playing.

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The lute also provided the music for the game of musical chairs they played, with cushions laid in a row.

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When the money goes away on a trading floor, it feels very like when the music stops in musical chairs .

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Since that time Kaunda has operated an unending game of musical chairs between tribal interest groups.

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It is like a grown-up game of musical chairs .

comedy

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Captain McArthur was a musical comedy aficionado, and not pleased when Mrs Kingswood spoke critically of the form.

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Bill started acting in musical comedy .

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My dream is to direct a musical comedy one day.

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As some one who likes musical comedies to be comedies, the frivolity of this piece proved irresistible.

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The daughter of a famous musical comedy actress would scarcely fit in.

director

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Their musical directors are Thomas and Brenda Gunn, distant relations of our dear Pastor.

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When we returned home, the search for a musical director became a priority.

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Steven David Horwich was co-librettist and Mark Stevens musical director and leader of the orchestra.

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This has been a mistake for the orchestra, if not for its musical director .

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I had found my musical director .

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The performance also marks the second year in town for symphony conductor and musical director George Hanson.

event

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Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images of children taking part in the Shell Olympics and musical events .

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Alumni in Concert Petra Armitage-Smith talks about a successful social and musical event .

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The black people of London were particularly well-organized, meeting together regularly at clubs for musical events and celebrating christenings and weddings.

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This responsibility is fulfilled not only in the context of services but also in the use of church buildings for musical events .

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The result is that today a recording is seldom the transcription of a single musical event .

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Such are the mysteries and such is the music which made Detroit techno the most innovative musical event of the last decade.

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He occasionally played the violin in local musical events .

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In addition to broadcasts of services there may be other musical events in which to involve the local or regional media.

experience

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It s a visceral, visual and musical experience which, for economic reasons, has become a rarity.

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So we've got to start from where the kids are, where their musical experiences are mostly.

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The performance, too, often lacks the sort of tension that makes for a live musical experience .

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This performance was one of my earliest musical experiences , and memory isn't disappointed.

form

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A word about musical form and numbers.

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The history of musical form is obviously bound up with the development of musical instruments.

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It is surely preferable to retain some defined elements of musical form , so that the music can be retained in the memory.

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How are musical forms and practices appropriated for use by particular classes?

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Every musical form which passed through his hands emerged immeasurably the richer.

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Form One of Adorno's strengths is his insistence that changes in the circumstances of musical production affect musical form.

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This principle of renewing interest while preserving unity is the basis of all successful conventional musical forms .

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Music is emotion, and musical forms , however free, must move in waves of emotion.

genius

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The resulting fictionalised account is a faithful portrait of a musical genius , drunken lout, spiritual healer, liar and clown.

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Fortunately, the timeless musical genius knew when to call it quits, though his stunning creations live on.

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Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.

idea

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And then Otto went indoors to the piano and played a few bars of Debussy to illustrate a musical idea .

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There is no doubt that they have some excellent musical ideas but at the moment their efforts are a little unfocussed.

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So whenever he tried to explain any musical idea he just couldn't make his bands understand.

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If you have the cash and a few decent musical ideas , you can not go far wrong.

instrument

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When biscuit-tin bashing gets boring, lend your toddler a real musical instrument for a treat.

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Market Harborough: Ceramics, glass, toys, silver, musical instruments and artworks, Tuesday 10am.

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With my eyes shut, I furnish the house with comfortable chairs, good lights, new books, musical instruments .

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As music and musical instruments developed and became more flexible, so did the dance.

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An estimated 45 million people in the United States play a musical instrument .

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This was one of the first musical instruments ever made.

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I made two announcements: one, that I am getting a musical instrument .

language

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Shostakovich's seven Alexander Blok settings embrace a bleak, uncomfortable musical language , even when expressing some sort of serenity.

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Certain peoples have thus developed their own musical language which is an extension or their spoken and written language.

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Cream extract from this musical language the possibility of individualistic elaboration.

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That is, class stratification and musical language stratification can be correlated.

life

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The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish.

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The musical life of the court at Turin maintained its high standards during his reign.

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As far as restarting the musical life in Vienna was concerned, we had the problem that the occupying forces often contradicted each other.

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A more qualified response might be, yes, in various ways which collectively have shaped musical life as we know it.

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The conductor is now, without doubt, a permanent fixture in musical life .

note

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Curiously, rather like a discordant musical note , by mixing more than five essences, the effect is counter-productive.

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Enormous apples open to reveal singing heads inside, as smaller apples dance along ropes like bouncing musical notes .

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The musical notes are converted, by computer, into binary numbers.

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You start with a group of nine panels of different colours and musical notes .

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The wallpaper had guitars and musical notes and microphones as a pattern.

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He could see the sounds turn into dancing musical notes .

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Cisterns were belching and gurgling near by and a tap on the wall dripped into a bucket with a deep musical note .

performance

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These are fluent, musical performances , but do not faithfully realize the composer's intentions.

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Luminaria-lit pathways will then lead visitors to the historic Lowell House for the musical performances .

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The family who live there have always felt the castle's gardens were just right for a musical performance .

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The mood for the musical performances will be lighter but no less diverse.

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Experience suggests that it is not just valuable but essential for recruitment, as well as for effective working relationships and enhanced musical performance .

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These two tents, each holding 6, 000 to 10, 000 people, will be devoted to musical performances .

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The sumptuous Guildhall will be the scene of several musical performances .

score

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The strictly geometrical pattern of dance is still very important if the musical score retains a traditional structure.

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The pleasant musical score , which is not very challenging, fits the comic mood of the piece perfectly.

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It promises liberal use of time-lapse photography, aerial camera work and feature-film-quality musical scores .

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Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores .

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Lotus argued that the command menus were a creative product and deserved the same copyright protection given to musical scores and books.

skill

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Where there are ordinands or members of staff with professional musical skills , they are used for teaching.

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What you need to sing in this chorus is a beautiful instrument, strong musical skills , commitment and a good heart.

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A specialist module which enables the student to extend his/her musical skills in voice and become self sufficient in rehearsal and performance.

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Her relentless touring and razor-sharp musical skills are widening her fan base.

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It protects them and ensures they receive adequate payment for their musical skills .

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All the gentlemen admired her, not only for her beauty but also for her musical skills .

sound

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Deutsche Grammophon - Flawless musical sound Deutsche Grammophon is renowned for the technical perfection of all its recordings.

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They believed the celestial motions are performed with exacting regularity, just as the harmony of musical sounds depends on regular intervals.

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Cage made music of non-musical sounds and ostensibly removed or diminished the traditional role of the composer.

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Immediately afterwards, she listens enraptured to the almost musical sound of the telegraph wires that only she is capable of hearing.

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Still others mimic professional recording studios by letting users finely control many aspects of the musical sounds .

style

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Then a decision can be taken about changing the artist's material, producer or musical style .

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Young minds can easily assimilate and embrace all kinds of musical styles .

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Decades later, its winning vocal harmonies and spirited musical style still has a palpable impact.

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The roughness of his musical background, he is sure, has been fundamental to the development of his adult musical style .

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Not surprisingly, the range of musical styles among ethnic minority cultures is considerable.

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Mixing technology with wholesome, down-home musical styles they created a different sound to other dance / trance acts.

talent

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Leo, who is credited with encouraging all of this exceptional musical talent , used to run a showband in the Fifties.

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Now, she gave him an unmatched musical talent too.

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But it was at school that Brian's musical talents flourished.

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Those with musical talent had band or singing practice.

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Early musical talent won June a scholarship at Stephen's College, Missouri.

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After all, musical talent is often considered highly linked to mathematical ability, except when discussing black performers.

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To raise the money, we sold an organ bought a year before to encourage any musical talent hidden in our offspring.

taste

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They play a large part in moulding the musical tastes of all members of society, including those who go to church.

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Our viewing and musical tastes have changed over the past three decades.

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Bored female requires scintillating correspondence to warm her winter nights-Most musical tastes catered for, but no Goths or Smiths fans please.

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Questions about smoking were cunningly mixed among questions about social life and musical tastes .

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While at University Glass's musical taste was somewhat surprising.

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Every year 40 or 50 idols appear to satiate pre-teen musical tastes .

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And in another lapse of musical taste , one woman with the disease suddenly started composing and singing country and western songs.

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The two have a fairly close friendship and similar musical tastes .

tradition

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In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations, there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions .

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The use of Western methods in other musical traditions would be more than merely restrictive, it would he altogether misleading.

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Its most prominent church is in London, with a fine musical tradition .

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Nevertheless, in spite of a much less universal use of music than formerly, the monastic musical tradition remains a vital one.

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Usually musical traditions remain alive only if they are thriving, writing them down tends to ossify them and hasten their end.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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a musical performance

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a musical voice

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Amanda is so talented - she's musical and she can dance.

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DiFranco's musical skills keep winning her new fans.

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Do you play a musical instrument?

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Her teachers told her she had no musical ability whatsoever.

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O'Connor uses a wide variety of musical styles in his performances.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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All who have that responsibility need to be aware of their own musical and liturgical preferences.

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But many organists have undertaken some years of an expensive musical training and still give many hours a week to practising.

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By day, he studied musical theory at the fine but beleaguered music department.

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Following the Big Game of 1921, Maestro Merola proposed one of the most ambitious musical undertakings of the era.

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For better or worse, with sincerity or mercenary attachment, the hip musical climate was heavily involved.

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The emotions have been likened to a musical instrument and it is a man's task to play upon its uttermost strings.

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There have been attempts to depict this extraordinary achievement as a form of musical consumerism.

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Yodelling song based on more musical call-notes.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

new

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But are the new musicals any good?

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The instrument would be used for rehearsals for the festival of new musicals and would be fully insured by Buxton Opera House.

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Three new musicals are about to open in London and the advance ticket sales are phenomenal.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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a Broadway musical

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a hit song from the 1940 musical "Pal Joey"

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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But its demise was further justification to the movie industry that musicals are the kiss of death.

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His embrace of popular culture extended to the movie musicals of the time, which provided lucrative employment.

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In addition, almost every major musical of the past twenty-five years appears somewhere in the lists.

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It also features serious drama festivals, touring shows, lively musicals and pantomime.

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Last year the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles so tickets are selling fast.

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Merrick offered a revealing critique of Stephen Sondheim's high-concept Follies, a musical about ageing showgirls in midlife crisis.

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No, it was because O Brother is a musical .

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The musicals are a real horse race.