Finally, assign a narrator, speaking or acting parts, and along with your instruments and sound effects, you have a complete performance that incorporates music composition and creativity along with language arts and theater. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And then his fingers flowed swiftly across the ivory, and the room was filled with a composition so complex, so luxuriant, it was impossible to believe only one set of hands played. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Grudgingly, we sent him cards on special days, copied out our best compositions, stayed in touch, knowing it was all show. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Karen said it showed a good understanding of Kandinsky’s style, but that I went overboard in composition. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I hand in my composition, Sister Mary Joseph reads it over, marking pencil in hand. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Last year, when our English teacher handed out composition notebooks and told us to write our deepest feelings, nobody took her seriously. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The headmaster, Mr. Scallan, says we are to return on Monday with a composition book, a pencil, and a pen with a good nib on it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The geometry underlying the composition reminds us once more of Broadway Boogie Woogie. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children can draw simple shapes and textures to express sounds and compositions that they’ve invented, or can read the work of another child who has written in this type of notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the policy enforced by every editor and composition instructor, and you should understand what it takes to please them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The title of my composition is, “Jesus and the Weather.” Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But for centuries after their discovery, the composition of those clouds remained entirely unknown. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That comes in handy in implementing the two principles of composition when they would otherwise be stymied by the rigid word order of English. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Géricault used the full range of painter’s tools—color, composition, mood, and lighting—to convey his theme of man’s struggle against nature. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ambiguity in Woman Holding a Balance serves to heighten our interest and pleasure, while the carefully organized composition expresses the artist’s underlying concept with singular clarity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, these colorful compositions of insects and plants were much more artistically pleasing than Goedart’s rows of specimens on a white background. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I would open the books and read, while filling my composition books with notes on my reading, new vocabulary words, and sentences of my own invention. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I was thirteen, the fountain pen went with me to the Annex, and together we’ve raced through countless diaries and compositions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As I pick through the mess of loose papers, snack bar wrappers, and composition notebooks, I glimpse my graded math test. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Bell asked us to write short compositions analyzing short stories we read for class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Many of Wolfgang’s childhood compositions, such as the first seven of his concertos for piano and orchestra, are largely arrangements of works by other composers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“In point of composition,” said Mary, “the letter does not seem defective. The idea of the olive-branch perhaps is not wholly new, yet I think it is well expressed.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Without stopping to shave or comb my hair or even change my clothes from the night before, I grabbed my Greek Prose composition book and my Liddell and Scott and ran to Julian’s office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We can measure their sizes and masses and so calculate their density, which tells us something about the composition of their interiors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I knew what she meant, so in my next composition I wrote about the lesson I learned from reading the story. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Aureliano ended up forgetting about him, absorbed in the composition of his poems, but on one occasion he thought he understood something of what Melquíades was saying in his groping monologues, and he paid attention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miss Garnder said they are going to publish my winter time composition in the magazine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in a painting, negative space is intentional; sometimes it is an accident of composition. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The only subjects that came easily were those taught by Writing Mistress: composition and ciphering. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The composition was stable, with his body right in the center against a mound of grasses—also in the center. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Leona said, “we will write a composition using the words you were assigned.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I worried about my math grades, and I always had trouble in English composition classes. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So for your next composition, I want you to write about a personal experience, something that happened to you.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was all purple and white and yellow, like some artist had designed an impossible bloom without worrying about composition, like he went wild and let it all go. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Raga-s are made up of short characteristic patterns that often show up in compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I will just be ensuring the Collective has the proper oxygen composition to breathe.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at the composition of the National Hockey League. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect,” roared the Humbug, waving his cane furiously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I interrupted her as she was washing dishes and, swearing her to secrecy, I read the composition aloud. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My little girl wrote this composition in school and got ‘A’ on it and she’s only ten years old. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than just good composition and a great eye for detail. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

For even more possibilities, try a web search for "exotic scales"; or try inventing your own scales and using them in compositions and improvisations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Virtually any planetary atmosphere, no matter what its composition, should be partially transparent to radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How'd you do in English? I'll show you the door in short order if you flunked English, you little ace composition writer." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Delsa looked up from the numbers she wrote in her composition book. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This gradually changed the atmosphere to the composition that it has today, and allowed the development of higher forms of life such as fish, reptiles, mammals, and ultimately the human race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed my composition book back on his desk and looked at me curiously, sucking at his pipe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discussed this for months and gradually decided on its composition; Walter and I represented the ANC, and each of the other parties had two representatives as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The key thing is that it is halfway to being a handbook: here is not an academic exercise, but a course of instruction in the basic principles behind the successful composition of speeches. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I take out a composition notebook and try to jot down everything he told me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The composition of the neighborhoods that Truman draws from has changed in some small ways. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They point to the current composition of state prisons as “proof” of this imagined fact, ignoring that sentencing practices distort our understanding of who is placed under state control and why. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before we did anything else, I ran to our room and grabbed one of my composition notebooks. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Printmakers must usually copy onto the plate a composition that was first worked out in a drawing, whether their own or someone else’s. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Changing school boundaries was thorny under any conditions, but any effort to achieve a more balanced composition would inevitably be heightened by the politics of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted you to think that the only reason he was lousy at writing compositions was because he stuck all the commas in the wrong place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So in an unstable composition, I could have Lil floating away to New Zealand.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By high school, the nuns were reading her stories and compositions out loud in English class. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I sat down to write the stupid composition using her ten stupid words. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In this region, cod was the species that governed the overall composition of the ecosystem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re talking about something called composition. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Draw the right line. A little faster.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The composition is controlled in part by perspective. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them was a badly typed composition entitled “A History of My Boy’s Life.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musical term for the secret guiding sequences in fourteenth-century composition is isorhythm, and the pieces that employed it are among the most complex musical structures ever attempted. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His handwriting is famously illegible; student compositions are regularly returned stamped with tan rings of coffee, sometimes golden rings of Scotch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This composition ensured that the panel would lean toward opposing a test ban based on doubts about the feasibility of inspections. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Will you please hand me that small composition gasket that rolled over there? It’s right near your foot.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Another is why I am writing in this composition book, which I got from Klein’s store a mile up the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the composition of the household workforce is hardly fixed and has changed with the life chances of the different ethnic groups. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But White Gift is not a composition, it’s pictures of Mrs. Smeath, and indecent pictures at that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As everyone around me talked to their friends about what they did over the summer, I took out my composition book and wrote: September 3, 1963. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. A stable composition is fixed firmly to the ground.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There are two others, and each is a monumental principle of composition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Anyway, finally I had to come right out and tell him that I had to write a composition for Stradlater, and that he had to clear the hell out, so I could concentrate. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I don't know how my first composition notebook ended up in my hands, long before I could really write someone must have known that this was all I needed. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps organisms that float in dense planetary atmospheres will be very much like us in their atomic composition, except they might not have bones and therefore not need much calcium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have seen it to be the garish shade that could bring a planned composition to life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was muttering indecipherable calculations, while the Fellerings—the twin metallurgists—discussed the possible composition of the blue metal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In composition and in many other respects Saturn is similar to Jupiter, although smaller. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An important principle in composition is that the amount of verbiage one devotes to a point should not be too far out of line with how central it is to the argument. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Its face was wrinkled, a composition made of a long snout, two black eyes, and a sliced mouth full of teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The relationship, so striking once it has been pointed out to us, had escaped attention, for Manet did not copy or represent the Raphael composition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he left, I put on my pajamas and bathrobe and my old hunting hat, and started writing the composition. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The composition of the human species is infinitely more diverse than most humans suspect,” she began. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

English teachers assigned the composition of short stories and poems. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to read this composition aloud. For two reasons. One, it is beautifully written. And two, it tells about an unusual hobby—for a girl.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As a last touch, she slipped in a tiny caterpillar or “summer bird” to help bring her composition to life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Musical activities such as singing, singing/vocalization, instrument play, movement/dance, musical improvisation, songwriting/composition, and listening to music, are types of musical therapy interventions to assess and help individuals practice identified skills. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was a musician from the start, and when I last saw him he was deep in composition which seemed, to my partially instructed ear, bold and original and good. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am to write a composition about what I remember from my native country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you get a bad mark on a composition today?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my beat-up composition notebook try to write another butterfly poem. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Classical music in the mid-twentieth century was mostly about the brain and the intellect: the conceptual theory behind a composition had become more important than the sensory effect of the music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is still a significant component in the teaching of undergraduate composition. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

One long dry afternoon I took out my composition book and told myself that I would write a story; it was sheer idleness that led me to it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a textbook for the class, just the picture book of paintings and a few CDs of classical compositions. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But as I bend over my composition notebook, only my name comes quickly. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I finished my composition in less than an hour. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Miss Bell returned our compositions, I fixed my eyes on the stack of papers as she walked around the aisles passing them out, trying to spot mine. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as he heard their retreating footsteps, he flew around the remaining desks until, oh, joy, he found one with a composition book that had Janice Avery’s name on it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

So, McCourt, you are to go home and write that composition and bring it in tomorrow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Through the practice of imitation, exploration, improvisation, and composition, students learn what music is by performing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He was only flattering me, though, because right away he said, "Listen. Are ya gonna write that composition for me? I have to know." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I mean if you're good at writing compositions and somebody starts talking about commas. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The art establishment finds these artists too avant-garde in their use of light, a bright palette, visible brushstrokes, unusual composition, and strange angles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Warren concluded with a scathing diagnosis of the Adams correspondence with her as a scattered series of verbal impulses and “the most captious, malignant, irrelevant compositions that have ever been seen.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a typewriter, and so I wrote everything in black-and-white-covered composition books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"No kidding, now. Do that composition for me," he said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The name of my composition is— The title, McCourt, the title. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

What we did was terrible, but still I don’t think any of us were bad, exactly; chalk it up to weakness on my part, hubris on Henry’s, too much Greek prose composition—whatever you like. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

All elements were there—simplicity, composition, and lighting. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

People come and go, changing the composition but not the shape of the crowd. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Law enforcement officials, he explained, often point to the racial composition of our prisons and jails as a justification for targeting racial minorities, but the empirical evidence actually suggested the opposite conclusion was warranted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Other pieces may even dispense with the idea that music has to consist of notes; compositions may be collections of sounds and silences. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Write any grade A, number one compositions lately?” he asked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched the motions of the heavens and judged the composition of the earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he gives me special compositions to write and makes me read them to the class because of all I learned from him last year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

To the biochemist Phoebus Levene, one of Avery’s colleagues at Rockefeller University, the comically plain chemical composition of DNA—four bases strung along a chain—suggested an extremely “unsophisticated” structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One obvious way of accomplishing deseg-regation would have been to shift students among these three schools and change the compositions of their respective enrollments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the composition classes, an extended translation, English to Greek, from a passage of his choosing.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seven minutes after the bell, I finally slap my composition notebook down on my desk and read the prompt on the whiteboard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She agreed reluctantly, then doodled all over the cover of her composition book. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if Dvorak’s teaching methods raised eyebrows among his adopted countrymen, his own American compositions were to prove even more controversial. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The school got out a magazine at the end of the year in which the best story written in composition class from each grade was published. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sailed into the office and shoved my ragged composition book under the nose of the man who called himself the editor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t bad, except we had to keep notes about Steinbeck’s technique because we were going to be writing our own travel accounts—fictional or nonfictional—for the year’s final composition. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In principle, a scientist should be able to change the “composition of individuals,” and of nations, and leave a permanent mark on human identity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Japanese forest composition varies with latitude and altitude: evergreen leafy forest in the south at low altitude, deciduous leafy forest in central Japan, and coniferous forest in the north and at high altitude. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Powell wanted me to work on the bills and the feet, since they were at crux points in the composition, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was more at ease with formal or geometric designs where the composition was well- defined. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going from one reading to the next, across the country, Wells began to see changes in the composition of her audience. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The composition is balanced by two giant clouds on either side. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The insosuit was far bulkier and far uglier than the regulation spacesuit; but withal considerably lighter, due to the fact that they were entirely nonmetallic in composition. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Among the many dumb rules of paragraphing foisted on students in composition courses is the one that says that a paragraph may not consist of a single sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She taught English composition as if everyone cared about it, which I found appealing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The nature of Mr. Tostoff's composition eluded me, because just as it began my eyes fell on Gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I get wind of much misplaced criticism, by men as clever even as Burnham, because of impressions from incomplete work and undeveloped compositions,” he wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not that she truly expected a letter—they had neither money for stationery and postage nor the time or energy for composition. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Orff method makes use of nursery rhymes, folktales, folksongs, folkdances, and authentic, classical compositions—all music and literature of primary importance and quality. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He chose the composition of distant stars and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant patio is a composition of dark and light wood. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And then he saw it: Using a deeper insight, he realized that there was an extraordinary possibility that would change the composition of the position and give a whole new meaning to the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Knowledge and science must furnish the materials that form the body and substance of any valuable composition. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nothing in this book was a real piece or a composition. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

B. Her full-page compositions were then engraved onto copper plates, printed in black-and-white, and bound into books with her text. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I passed English all right. It was mostly literature, though. I only wrote about two compositions the whole term," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hana and Hadia get an idea to change the carefully organized composition of the loot bags, to add some pizzazz to the whole thing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We would never physically visit them, he thought, and with no sample in hand it seemed we would forever be denied knowledge of their composition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Titian no doubt worked out the essential features of the composition in preliminary drawings, none have survived. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rhythm occurs in a melody, in the accompaniment, and uses combinations of short and long durations to create patterns and entire compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I bought a composition book on the way home, and that night, after bathing, I began once again to make marks on paper. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But no one is born with skills in English composition per se. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The serene atmosphere is sustained throughout the stable composition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three key ingredients of a photo were simplicity, composition, and lighting. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The lines Masaccio drew to plot out the composition on geometrical principles are still visible in the plaster. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As new flies had been born, selected, and bred, the gene frequencies had changed, resulting in populations with new genetic compositions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One scientist has even suggested that some sort of “zoo” should be established to preserve insects, mites, and the like, before their genetic composition is further changed. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dill stopped strumming his guitar, leaned forward, and wrote in the dollar-store composition book open on the floor in front of him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He thought about delivery as well as about composition. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

To accomplish this, the artist must control space within the framework of a unified composition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Garnder said if I keep on getting A’s on my composition, she might let me write a play for graduation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To fill out the composition, the artist includes the toddler peering intently over the ledge at the bubble, which is about the same size as his head. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the reverse side was a handwritten composition: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" by Turtle Wexler. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would draw out my pen and one of my black-and-white composition books. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was one of those black-and-white marble composition notebooks, but we’d covered the front and back with pictures and quotes we’d found online. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Vincent isn’t yet an artist when he writes those words to Theo, but he paints the scene perfectly, with color, light, composition, emotion—a landscape of memory. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My grandmother in New York didn’t write very often, but when she did, I sent her one of my best school compositions, or a drawing, or a joke copied from the newspaper. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have the neatest handwriting in my class and get the highest marks on all my compositions. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Art may be approached and appreciated for its purely visual elements: line, color, light, composition, form, and space. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend to my work, make my little cross on top of a clean page, dedicating my composition to J.M.J. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The surge in carol composition around this time, notably in northern Europe, was partly inspired by an earlier Italian tradition of tuneful sacred songs welcoming the Christ-child’s nativity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“She always wrote the best compositions in school,” explained Katie to her sisters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in and grabbed the weathered composition book and my heart seized so fast I thought I saw stars. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She moldered in humid rooms with droning biology and composition professors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shadowing her stepfather and his apprentices, she learned how to select high-quality painting materials, create a pleasing composition, and interest potential customers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The High Organ was the source of some controversy because of its ethnic composition: all four permanent members were from Xhosa backgrounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always been meaning to read your A compositions but I never had the time. I’ve a little time now. Would you like to read one to me?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jus looks over his shoulder at the blue composition book with Dear Martin in the white space. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The cadets inscribe the words into their composition books. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In this case the official cause of death, he wrote, was anoxia—a deprivation of oxygen to the brain—as well as an acute disturbance to the composition of the blood. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown, the homeroom teacher, who also taught English composition, was a young black woman who wore sweat pads under her arms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could claim that Mrs. Smeath is not Grace’s mother but a composition. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A post on Grant's website says that he is the "sole and exclusive rightful copyright owner of the musical composition." Twitter removes Trump video with "Electric Avenue" song after copyright complaint 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

With the avidity and exaltation of her inventive and probing visual compositions, McKenzie breaks down familiar and overt representations to reveal their concealed and embedded essences. A Generational Shift in Independent Filmmaking, at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Materson’s deft compositions and meticulous stitching give his works a richness that lingers after the novelty of their making has faded away. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

He earned a master’s in music from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, in 1964 and a Ph.D. in music theory and composition from the University of Iowa in 1968. Wendell Logan, Composer of Jazz and Concert Music, Dies at 69 2010-06-22T23:32:00Z

Passing off the Fab Four’s compositions as his own, Jack captures the world’s imagination with lightning-quick fashion. A Beatles expert on "Yesterday": Is Danny Boyle's jukebox fantasy worthy of the Fab Four? 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

The following year they recorded “Molly and Tenbrooks,” a Bill Monroe composition that the brothers played, note for note, in the new Bill Monroe style, which, in a few years, people would start calling bluegrass. Ralph Stanley’s Inimitable Voice 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Gentler and less specific than Mr. Joel’s compositions, Mr. DeSare’s original pop love songs are plain well-made ballads in a flexible soft-rock mode. Music Review: Tony DeSare at 54 Below 2012-10-05T04:30:05Z

Ms. Soper, who is pursuing a doctorate in composition at Columbia University, is also a soprano. Music Review: The American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall 2013-01-20T20:34:10Z

The most important thing he learned from these lessons, Mr. Sondheim told me in an interview many years ago, was the principle of “long-lined composition.” Beethoven’s 250th Birthday: His Greatness Is in the Details 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

As portraits, they are neither aggressively modern nor stiffly old-fashioned, though in their composition they seem made for a mood board. Romancing the Royal Portrait 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

Concluding that this “amazing cacophony” would not necessarily make for good drama, Mr. Madsen said his original compositions would instead try to answer the question, “What did they hope they would sound like?” Outsiders No More: Shaggs Musical Coming in 2011 2010-06-23T19:39:00Z

Amazingly, the figural portraits of the young woman and the Chinon panorama were executed at a time when Mr. Richter was also painting vast abstract compositions. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z

The sale starts with “Sideways,” a 2012 raw canvas-on-panel abstract composition, resembling a puzzle, by the young American artist Wyatt Kahn. Auction Houses Gear Up for Frieze Week 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rubalcaba, 50, is the first among equals in this band: He contributed the only new compositions, including the sinuous title track, and he produced the album, releasing it on his own 5Passion label. New Music: Releases From Velvet Underground, Eric Reed and Volcán 2013-12-16T23:33:13Z

The piece catches Ives just as he broke from his formal education in conventional composition and began fusing European structures with American sounds and themes. Stephen Hough fans, rejoice: He'll return to town for the Rach 3 2012-06-07T20:48:04Z

I guess if the word doesn't fit the composition, change the spelling. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z

Upton and others believed that women were too emotionally volatile for the “exact science” of composition; they could only serve as mothers and muses for great men. Amy Beach, a Pioneering American Composer, Turns 150 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

It's not that the composition of the food is actually any different, but rather that when your brain is stimulated your reception to seafood is altered. America's Most Bizarre Restaurants 2010-11-12T15:00:00Z

These preliminary sketches reveal how she combined several compositions into one, sometimes cutting and combining sheets of paper. In the galleries: Jason Gubbiotti’s ‘War Paint’ at Civilian Art Projects

He turned instead to an academic career, while at the same time channeling his creative drive into composition. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

The composition that shares its title with the album throbs and pulses for close to half an hour, a rippling drone that reveals new details and perspectives every time you listen. Rediscovering the Electronic Music Godmothers 2012-11-25T00:50:05Z

Each monochrome image, with its rigid composition, traced memories of people and times past. Red wine and doughnuts at the Daegu Photo Biennale, South Korea 2012-10-29T10:00:00Z

The photo-based composition melds sex and death in ways sophisticated and discomfiting. Marilyn Minter's 'Pretty/Dirty' show allures and repulses all at the same time 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

This year, they did not start small and work their way bigger, but kept the sky splashed with nonstop color, each round a dangerous, beautiful composition in the dark Iowa night. Love and rockets 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

That’s why it’s all the more disheartening that “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” is directed so tonelessly; it’s a collection of details in search of images, a bunch of good ideas still awaiting composition and development. The Scattershot Satire of “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

"I wanted to capture the sensation of being on a rollercoaster," he says of his compositions. Pok?mon Black/White ? review 2011-02-28T09:05:01Z

Curves occur as frequently as right angles, and even tightly patterned compositions can have a freewheeling quality. Not all right angles in ‘Geometrix: Line, Form, Subversion’ 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Of all the surprise turns in musical compositions, one stands out as practically a non sequitur. Readers Name Some Favorite Musical Surprises of Their Own 2014-04-25T14:00:02Z

If we consume good writing in other mediums, poetry and good composition of music, that will lead to better programming. SXSW 2011: Programming and minimalism: Lessons from Orwell and The Clash ? review 2011-03-11T22:26:16Z

They also created important compositions in less turbulent times, and the equation that misery abets genius is a familiar, facile one. New play 'Sextet' explores link between misery and art 2010-10-21T17:11:00Z

Whether the speed of composition will prove to have served the drama remains to be seen, but the speed with which it is reaching audiences is already impressive. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Other hits included “Before This Day Ends,” “Steel Rail Blues” and “Early Morning Rain,” one of several compositions by the Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot that he recorded. George Hamilton IV, 77, Country Singer 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

All four compositions in Sunday’s concert pushed the dramatic parameters of soprano and chorus — voices often forced to the extreme. Washington Chorus makes splendid theater out of Luna Pearl Woolf’s works 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

He remained friendly with both women and often recorded their compositions. Paul Bley, innovative pianist in modern jazz, dies at 83 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

These forces united to give the U.S. premiere of Lewis’s “Tales of the Traveller,” the final composition on a program presented as part of this year’s Time:Spans festival, which runs through Saturday. It’s Alive! It’s With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

Wigmore Hall devoted a day to his compositions, played by various ensembles and, in the final event, combining his own works with Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale Suite and Fauré's Piano Quintet No 2 in C minor. Lulu; Huw Watkins day – review 2013-02-17T00:06:20Z

Although they have different themes, their compositions are closely related, more so than the eye can see. Review: A Renaissance Painter, Andrea del Sarto, Striving for Perfection 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

In such intricate compositions as the swirling “Fish,” the individual blurs into the collective, much as dead things are reabsorbed into living ones. Review | In the galleries: A tip of the hat to a revered Washington milliner 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Futter made clear that the museum’s decision was based on the statue itself — namely its “hierarchical composition”—- and not on Roosevelt, whom the museum continues to honor as “a pioneering conservationist.” Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

A collage from the early 1930s, combining bits of cut and torn cardboard, catches us unawares with its deceptive casualness and perfect composition. Mir?'s paintings are expressions of astonishment and joy 2010-08-24T12:59:00Z

I’m not just referring to the career roll he’s been on: This week the recording of Mr. Norman’s breathless orchestral work “Play” was nominated for a Grammy Award in the contemporary classical composition category. Review: Andrew Norman’s ‘Split,’ a Teeming Premiere From the New York Philharmonic 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

"Like the 'Rite of Spring' by Stravinsky and a lot of other great compositions primarily scored for ballet." Czech-U.S. Internet connection: Zbynek Mateju-Raiford Rogers' 'Still Life' 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z

For James, its importance was simply as an art form, the creative composition an end in its own right. Tom Wolfe vs. John Updike, Norman Mailer and John Irving — and other timeless literary feuds 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

Finally, once we had a full composition, the AI was going to have to figure out how to orchestrate it, which involves assigning different instruments for different parts. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

It ought to feel satisfying, a relief from the constant anxiety of composition; but though the writing is more or less over, the anxiety has, if anything, increased. The importance of good editing 2012-06-14T14:04:47Z

However, instead of continuing into the composition that is familiar to all Potter fans, the Fantastic Beasts theme offers a chilling variation on the original. 7 Harry Potter Callbacks to Look for in Fantastic Beasts 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

He was also commended for his work as a vigorous champion not only of 20th-century compositions but also of little-known early music. Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

It was always about body composition so we just wanted to develop a system where that was the main focus.” A New York Trainer to Men About Town 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Los Angeles Philharmonic marked the 80th birthday of minimalist composer Steve Reich with an all-Reich program at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring compositions old and new. Essential Arts & Culture: NEA threats, the Lucas museum vision, minimalist music and the return of Zubin Mehta 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

Cage is represented by nine compositions; Tudor, who succeeded Cage as the company’s music director in 1992, has seven works in the set and performs on more than half the selections in the box. Avant-Garde Dancing Feet,Tickling Composers? Minds 2011-03-17T23:23:29Z

This show is, of course, greatly informed by Sting's own life story and self-described exile from his roots — with this composition marking the end of his lifelong reluctance to look back. Sting's former self is at the center of 'Last Ship' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

All the musicians returned to the stage to play Thielemans' best known composition, "Bluesette," possibly the first swinging jazz waltz that was composed 50 years ago. Musician friends celebrate Thielemans' 90 years 2012-09-30T03:04:08Z

She adapted jazz, funk, classical, folk and rock to her own hybrid compositions and stunning lyrics. The many layers — and lovers — of Joni Mitchell 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The film opens with a Stocco composition as a carriage rattles up a cobbled street. From goat's testicles to the waterphone: cinema's unlikely soundtracks 2013-05-10T06:00:00Z

But unlike some ceaselessly galvanic performances of this Minimalist-tinged composition, Moore’s solo voice-and-piano approach takes dramatic notice of references to lovers’ “emotions in times of crisis” that are present in the literary source material. Rzewski for Lovers? A Pianist Mines a Prickly Modernist’s Gentler Side 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Earlier this month, he released a studio video of “Wanderlust,” a captivating new composition recorded with a different string quartet, plus the drummer Kenneth Salters. The Playlist: Lil Wayne Recaptures His Old Magic and 8 More New Songs 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

When the curtain rises on Thursday on the opener of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 30th season, its flagship orchestra will debut arrangements of Jelly Roll Morton’s compositions, some of which are a century old. At 30, What Does Jazz at Lincoln Center Mean? 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

At heart it’s a study in contrapuntal systems, with compositions full of whirring gears. Playlist: New Music by Craig Taborn Trio, J. D. Allen and Eric Church 2013-04-20T22:50:58Z

They didn’t just rap over the original track, they sampled my composition, my ideas, and then treated them in a new way, putting new beats to my notes. Flux Pavilion aims to inject dubstep with 'emotionally epic' songs 2012-06-14T20:33:00Z

He celebrated his recovery by writing and recording the up-tempo blues “Last Train From Overbrook,” which became one of his best-known compositions. James Moody, Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 85 2010-12-10T19:00:00Z

Benson describes the movie “as an art film made with a Hollywood blockbuster budget that is more comparable to a musical composition than to the usual dialogue-based commercial cinema”. Kubrick’s 2001: the film that haunts our dreams of space 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

But it clearly left a lot of room for interpretation, as Goncharova and Larionov dissolved representational images into shimmering, dynamic, disorienting compositions. Artworks That Shine in New York Museums 2013-01-04T00:50:22Z

He was deliberately distorting the proportions of his figures in obedience to what Maloon calls “a ‘higher’ logic of composition.” Review | Want to go deep inside a great artist’s mind? MoMA’s Cézanne exhibition is the one to see this summer. 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

He left behind hundreds of unreleased songs, and while many are unfinished sketches, others are fully fleshed-out compositions. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The sprawling 40-minute work probed the idea of multiple perspectives in a single composition and put Carter on the map. Award-winning U.S. composer Elliott Carter dies at 103 2012-11-06T00:53:04Z

Tempering the film's oppressive emotions, the cinematographer Zoë White's exquisite compositions charge leaden rain clouds and rustling branches with eerie life, and dusty indoor corners with shadowy secrets. 'The Afterlight': loss and alienation in farm country 2011-09-01T19:17:08Z

For all its confessional frankness and accusatory clarity, there is, as Szwed reveals, much more to her story—and the circumstances of the composition of “Lady Sings the Blues” are an exemplary part of it. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Among these was Tom Rush’s 1968 album, “The Circle Game,” a precursor to the 1970s singer-songwriter movement led by, among others, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, both of whom contributed compositions to the Rush album. Bruce Langhorne, Guitarist Who Inspired ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ Dies at 78 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

In its spring 2022 collection, at least 50 percent of the styles’ composition materials are made from certified organic, recycled or lower-impact fabrics. Ganni Girls Like to Have Fun 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

The opening shot is an extraordinary landscape composition with no visible human beings: A black Ferrari, which becomes the visual and auditory symbol of Johnny's purposeless existence, roars around a desert track. "Somewhere": Sofia Coppola's smart, stylish celebrity takedown 2010-12-21T02:02:00Z

Currently studying for PhD in composition at Harvard. Notes from the musical margins 2011-03-13T00:04:00Z

These charming, realistic prints of water and wharfmen reveal a talent for composition; dense drawings of sails and ropes give way to sweeps of open space. A river runs through it 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

Still, classes that combine technique and composition are rare. In Each Child, an Inner Choreographer 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

I found the three pieces superficially agreeable in stage manners and dance impulse, but trivial as composition and in expression. Review: At Washington Ballet, 3 Affable, Immature Premieres 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

He made the formerly sacred space reverberate with compositions spun off his electronic piano while she painted. Julie Mehretu Reaches for New Heights 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Rothko discovered some inexplicable, perhaps mystical secret that belies the apparent minimalism of his compositions. ‘Mark Rothko: Toward the Light in the Chapel,’ by Annie Cohen-Solal 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

It is impressive how the scale reads body composition from only an electric current, but frankly it is too much data. HiMirror Mini Premium – a pitiless oracle that points out every one of my wrinkles and spots 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

Almost everything about them — their speed, their brashness, their noodling compositions, their splashes and spray-painted scribbles, their tacky accouterments, their sense of absurdity — seems to undermine the gravitas that large-scale painting traditionally projects. With Big, Bold Art, Sarah Cain Redefines Seriousness in Painting 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Generally, very little research has been done on the nutritional composition of fermented products. Fermented food: 5 ways to make sure it’s safe for eating 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

Coltrane’s playing respects the perfection of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s composition, but he’s searching for something else. A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

That scent can seem almost literal, given the great masses of flowers that find their way into almost every composition. DVDs: Painting It Red: Midcareer Minnelli 2011-02-12T06:33:51Z

He enrolled in El Sistema as a child and studied violin and composition before pursuing conducting. Gustavo Dudamel, Star Maestro, to Leave L.A. for New York Philharmonic 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z

In this lively, jazzy composition, a repetitive and dreamy concoction featuring a persistent back-and-forth between piano and horns, the dancers were continually propelled through space and then pulled back into stillness. Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

In addition, choreographer Kyle Abraham and composer Jlin will present an electronic version of the Mozart composition transformed into “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth.” Lincoln Center emerges from pandemic with summer festival 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

In yet another show of Ronson’s eclectic contacts list, venerated author Michael Chabon contributed lyrics throughout the record, and his work infuses Ronson’s compositions with a sort of sordid California ennui. Review: Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Special' is at the Mercy of His Collaborators 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

In high school he began to zero in on music theory and composition, particularly the idea of scoring “The Legend of Zelda.” Michael Luwoye: Once a theater outsider, now he's Alexander Hamilton — in L.A., and soon on Broadway 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

But it’s also trivial and lacking in any dance composition of note. San Francisco Ballet’s Limpid Sophistication Shines in ‘Unbound’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Both Cerrone and Shields were on hand to explain their compositions. Phillips Camerata and guests perform a trio of Washington premieres

The four-movement composition is a sonic adventure of rhythms, intricate sonorities and emotions. Taipei Symphony makes Strathmore debut with pride and passion 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z

Philadelphia-born virtuoso and educator, trained in classical piano and composition at the New England Conservatory. Gwilym Simcock: 'If I couldn't do this, I'd jump off a cliff' 2011-01-27T21:45:01Z

While the result is a mostly-compelling tale of matriarchal megalomania, occasionally this group composition feels more like a jumble. ‘Hellbender’ Review: The Family That Preys Together 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Some of the most graphically concentrated compositions are also the most moving. Art in Review: JOHN O?REILLY: ?Recent Montage? 2011-06-30T21:24:36Z

I enjoyed his insights into Lee’s painstaking process of composition and revision — the time and commitment it took. Lots of People Love ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Roxane Gay Isn’t One of Them. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Penderecki was most widely known for choral compositions evoking Poland’s ardent Catholicism and history of foreign domination, and for his early experimental works, with their massive tone clusters and disregard for melody and harmony. Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers also provided field recordings from the period to inspire the compositions. Dark Sounds: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Score Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

“The Living Canvas” of painter Gayle Bard’s garden is all about composition, color, texture and tone. Clippings: More plants to love, more gardens to visit 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nakashima, it must be said, does have a knack for composition. Review: In ‘The World of Kanako,’ the Old Ultraviolence 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Her compositions are rudimentary: roughly drawn lines, irregular shapes, imperfect patterns. A debut that eschews bells and whistles for diiscovery 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

One of the most striking compositions on the “Jackie” soundtrack is “Walk to the Capitol.” Mica Levi’s Anti-Musical Soundtracks 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Now the composition is considered a forerunner of the “Ode to Joy” in his Ninth Symphony. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM Opera House 2012-03-03T00:04:35Z

Ms. Lauten’s best-known composition, “Waking in New York,” is a chamber-opera setting of a cycle of poems by Ginsberg about the life of the city and its people. Elodie Lauten, Who Wove Opera From Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry, Dies at 63 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

The Dover showed an affinity for one of Bates’s strongest compositions, the relatively early string quartet “From Amber Frozen,” which percolated with a breezy rhythmic buzz. Dover Quartet begins Kennedy residence with style 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Musicologist Hildegard Hermann-Schneider, who traced the composition to Mozart, said the fact that other pieces in the book were known works by Mozart's father, Leopold, strengthened the case that the work was genuine. Newly discovered Mozart piece performed 2012-03-23T16:37:08Z

Nor is it surprising, given their dates of composition, that these new essays speak to our current historical and political moment. Democracy’s Fierce Defender 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Over the past 20 years, collaboration has brought new works tumbling forth; a decade ago, a composition for solo harp, “Occam I,” initiated an enormous cycle of “Occam” works. For a Composer at 90, There’s Nothing but Time 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

He now organizes projects that are as much installations and performance-art pieces as they are musical compositions. Music Review: Jean-Baptiste Barrière in Concert at Miller Theater 2014-03-31T21:41:56Z

The greater portion of the album features Mr. Johnson’s compositions, which tend toward simple and durable construction. New Music: BUDDY MILLER AND JIM LAUDERDALE 2012-12-31T22:21:39Z

Throughout, the works recall the graphic compositions of the Russian artist El Lissitzky, who influenced the Bauhaus a century ago. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

He also writes music for dance performances, including a composition for “Without End,” which premiered in London in 2015. Saya Kitasei, Jered Sorkin 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z

“The melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of ‘Thinking’ are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of ‘Let’s.'” Ed Sheeran Sued for Allegedly Copying Marvin Gaye’s 'Let's Get It On' 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The best are clean and powerful—austere images that use contrasting beams of light and shadow to create powerful, brooding compositions. The Rivalry Between Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Sister Ida 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

The quartet appeared determined to dispel the conventional view of Mendelssohn as a purveyor of genteel, well-mannered compositions with a robust reading of the String Quartet in E Minor, Op. Escher String Quartet takes an aggressive approach to chamber music 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

All these cartoonists seemed to attach a lot of importance to nuance and composition. ‘The Far Side’ Is Back. Sort Of. Gary Larson Will Explain. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ikeda’s composition wasn’t limited to the stereo systems; it also took advantage of the cars’ headlights, horns and roaring engines. A 100-Car Army of Sound in Los Angeles 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

Right now, Machover is working on a new composition, Festival City, for the Edinburgh international festival this August; he envisages it as a collaboration with anyone who loves the Scottish capital. Tod Machover: how to crowdsource a symphony 2013-03-19T20:00:01Z

Mr. Bons, a professor of composition at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, attributes his interest in music in world music to his parents’ wide-ranging record collection. A Border-Crossing Work Wins One of Music’s Biggest Prizes 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

She encouraged him, and with a new focus on composition, he cultivated a distinctively laconic style purged of excess and meticulously designed from meaningful gestures. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

There is another story that Charlie Parker used to follow Varèse round the streets of Greenwich Village, trying to pluck up courage to ask him for composition lessons. Edgard Var?se: in wait for the future 2010-04-08T21:30:00Z

"When I'm in the control room, listening to an orchestra playing my composition, there's no better feeling on earth," Muddiman explains. Why are there so few women behind the music? 2010-05-24T15:42:00Z

But clarifying this kind of text-heavy composition is no easy assignment for a massed chorus of amateurs, and words and textures were largely subsumed in a mushy overall sonority. Mozart, Made New: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

One of his favorite photos from Tokyo is of a hairdressing school, which Mr. Campany’s book describes as a “classic Klein composition, with interesting incidents happening simultaneously in every square inch of the image.” After a Storied Career, a Nonagenarian Photographer Returns to New York 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

But his wife saw that he had left his compositions supple and wide open to interpretation, allowing generations of musicians to return to them again and again. Sue Mingus, Promoter of Her Husband’s Musical Legacy, Dies at 92 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

There are swiftly edited action sequences worthy of a “Bourne” movie; low-angle compositions and nimble tracking shots; changes in the color saturation and the texture of the light — just like in a “real” movie! | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center 2010-06-17T19:23:00Z

His compositions have been used in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill and a series of video games. Tomoyasu Hotei – review 2012-12-21T18:07:48Z

The preponderance of black in MacKinnon’s compositions endows drama, but it also serves to unify the various techniques and media. In the galleries: Playful piece will keep you on your toes at Flashpoint Gallery 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Sixty years elapsed between their composition, but in pianistic and stylistic terms, light years occurred, and Bronfman made this clear. Yefim Bronfman: Flying fingers and heartfelt Prokofiev | Classical review 2012-12-11T19:02:01Z

Adhering to the E.D.M. cult of the drop—the moment where a composition falls apart before the hook gloriously reëmerges—the film builds its emotional and musical peak to a crescendo of real sounds. That Zac Efron E.D.M. Movie 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

If the process of composition is laborious, antisocial and abrading, the moment when the first copy of a book arrives, or an article appears in print, is great. Writing is bad for you 2011-07-07T09:49:55Z

But only when a date of composition or performance is firmly determined will it be possible to say whether any of the royal allegories might be valid. The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Schoeller’s Portraits and his accompanying show at Hasted Kraeutler in New York highlight the staggering range of composition and tone in the photographer’s oeuvre, from his most recognizable images to his previously unseen magazine work. Martin Schoeller's Never-Before-Collected Photographs 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

The ones here are of three types: landscapes, semiabstract cruciform compositions and figurative illustrations of biblical scenes. Art Review: Louis C. Tiffany Works at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-12-31T23:14:26Z

By constantly changing meter and tempo, and by building compositions with strange musical structures that tend to end abruptly, the Bad Plus gleefully deconstructs long-accepted rules of small-group improvisation. The Bad Plus could do better 2010-12-17T15:52:00Z

But in the catalog, you learn that they are codified compositions that were rigorously repeated by trained artisans. Art Review: Refined Restraint in ‘Treasures from Korea,’ in Philadelphia 2014-03-20T12:00:02Z

Gordon Willis’s wide-screen compositions, strains of George Gershwin and some of Woody Allen’s funniest one-liners return to Film Forum for another revival of this 1979 film by Mr. Allen, one of his greatest achievements. Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

This theme is not overt, although figures and architectural details are nearly recognizable within the mostly abstract compositions: A ruthless developer prowls in “Wolf,” while “Back Door” hints at a porch. Review | In the galleries: Erika Cleveland’s ‘Healing Dolls’ are playful in their duality 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

Instead, it was a pleasant evening, the premieres both skillful compositions that are lovely to look at and go down easy. Review: City Ballet Holds Steady as an Old Guard Meets the New 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

The liberated actors blend impulsive comedy, intense physicality, and agonized tenderness; the spontaneous camera work offers soul-baring closeups and sculptural compositions. The Front Row: “Faces” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

This, the second text in Ian McQueen's new composition, comes from "The Earthly Paradise" itself, the long, narrative poem written by Morris in the 1860s, just before he went to Iceland. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

Many of the compositions on “Yiddish Glory” seethe with resentment but emphasize triumph. The Devastating Resonances of Yiddish Songs Recovered from the Second World War 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. McCartney said it includes classic American compositions by songwriters like Cole Porter and Harold Arlen, many of which he heard his father, a jazz musician, play on the piano in their home. ArtsBeat Blog: New McCartney Album a Trip Down Memory Lane 2011-12-19T17:55:42Z

I do identify myself with artists and composers, like Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli, who are for decades my personal friends and whose compositions I many times premiered and always championed. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gidon Kremer on Freedom and Human Rights in Russia 2013-08-20T16:00:52Z

Most personal are photographs of the artist, usually submerged into the composition as if to suggest that she is part of, not apart from, the ingredients she finds and mingles. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

The Latin jazz compositions he performs with his Jass Syncopators draw overtly on the influences of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, as well as a handful of mid-20th-century Cuban bandleaders. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Black Emperor even shifted the ! from the end of their name, suggesting a shift in priorities as subtle as their dextrous compositions. From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z

The emphasis on Thursday will be on Mr. Hemingway’s compositions, as played by collaborators like the saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and the bassist Brad Jones. Jazz Listings for July 24-30 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Blanco, 44, will also become the youngest ever inaugural poet when he recites a poem of his own composition on 21 January. Gay Cuban-American poet to recite at Obama's inauguration 2013-01-10T12:41:37Z

That Art Nouveau-like concoction evokes the film’s fantasy elements in a lush composition. Movie Posters are the Business of Mondo 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z

Opera patrons may not have approved of Carmen's morals, but they were enthralled by the sensational theatrics, sexual sparks, the brilliant melding of classical composition and Spanish folk music — and still are. 'Carmen': Quite a woman at Seattle Opera 2011-10-05T22:47:04Z

Benjamin Britten's composition for Shelley's On a Poet's Lips I Slept is more powerful still; apparently discordant throughout, but testifying to the immortal power of imagination of which Shelley speaks. Readers recommend songs inspired by poetry: The results 2010-09-16T21:59:00Z

He was a 2014 Pulitzer finalist in the music category for the composition. The Classical Concert That Changed Their Lives 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

"We looked at all the wonderful compositions based on those texts as a giant candy store, picking our favorites." Pacific MusicWorks debuts first complete season 2011-10-20T20:12:06Z

The whole composition is a lesson in Afro-musicianship for the pop audience. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

But his style of composition explicitly puts the ensemble first. Review: ‘Triangles and Circles,’ an Album From the Dafnis Prieto Sextet 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Incredibly active as soloists, these artists channel their more esoteric skills into this project, which attracts alternative rock and electronic music audiences as well as aficionados of contemporary composition. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

The highlight: Four teenage composers, graduates of a special Los Angeles Philharmonic fellowship program, had their compositions performed by the orchestra at Disney Hall. Essential Arts & Culture: Parsing Measure S, 'Fun Home' inspires genuflection, SCI-Arc goes to Mexico 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

It’s there with him on “Experience and Judgment,” his 1974 debut album as a leader, an imperfectly made record that’s nonetheless full of broad-minded Bey compositions touching on love, lust and transcendental philosophy. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

Martin’s first surviving composition is a children’s song he wrote when he was 9. Interest Grows in a Master of Choral Mystery and Power 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

The monumental dignity of the African American women who dominate Winslow Homer’s 1876 composition in “The Cotton Pickers” is undiminished — and even patently current. The new LACMA: Plans call for radical change to how we see the permanent collection 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

Like a handful of other female artists, Tamar-kali wasn’t pursuing film composition, but was commissioned after a director heard her work. Female Composers Are Trying to Break Film’s Sound Barrier 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

She argued that many Dylan compositions consciously aspired “to the condition of literature,” and quoted the man himself identifying as a “poet musician” in his memoir, “Chronicles: Volume 1.” Bob Dylan, More Than a Songwriter 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Perhaps in agreement, the camera keeps as close as a best friend, catching the teens in artfully blurred compositions and the softest of natural light. Review: ‘All This Panic,’ a Cinematic Confidant of Teenage Girls 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

The unfurling found steel pieces, and more contained colored tubes, avoid being obvious or derivative by dint of Ms. Bove’s acute sensitivity to composition and materials. What to See in New York City Galleries This Week 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

But in today’s post-dogma period, without the polemics to endure, Mr. Wuorinen’s arrestingly complex works have been capturing the imaginations and challenging a new generation of musicians who have never seen his composition textbook. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z

The photographs of her children are undeniably beautiful in their depth, detail and composition. Through a lens darkly 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

Of the music pieces, Andy Akiho’s “LIgNEouS 1,” for string quartet and marimba, was dramatic in composition, with ostinato patterns repeatedly swelling and spilling over, but it was most distinctive in its sonorities. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z

One of the reasons the Beatles’ songs sound so rich is the depth of composition, the melodic and harmonic layers – and McCartney’s ability to straddle rhythm and melody on bass was critical. Paul McCartney: Busting a few myths 2011-07-22T13:48:00Z

The whole time Lady is procrastinating on the composition of her memoir — “my horrible book” — she’s revealing to us the complicated details of her life that her agent wants her to trim away. The trouble with the bad mother memoir 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Williams’s work, which included themes for NBC’s “Meet the Press” and “Today,” also became a touchstone for future news music composition. Network news music is the soundtrack to current events, but few know the composers behind it 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

Adams’s painstaking compositions, inspired by photographs but drawn freehand, consist of thousands of black and gray lines. In the galleries: Hand Print Workshop celebrates two colorful decades 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Many shots are geometrically formal compositions whose precision distances you from what little action there is. Review: In ‘Tu Dors Nicole,’ the Daughter Loafs While the Parents Are Away 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

I am a huge fan of Edward Gorey’s work and I’ve always been impressed and influenced by his composition and page design. Tom Gauld’s “Dog Walking 2.0” 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

His last album, 2011’s “Legacy” featured a piece by his son, Anthony, as well as his own compositions based on themes by classical composers Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy and Giacomo Puccini. Gerald Wilson, bandleader, composer, dies

These were the twin citadels of 12-tone serial composition, and the rigorous attitude among many of the "serious" composers of the time was to discount music written outside its strictures. Composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett dies aged 76 2012-12-25T14:46:08Z

The film, with its jumpy editing and elegant compositions, is at once a celebration of youthful energy and a cautionary look at the aimless hedonism of European youth. Highlights, From the Intimate to the Political, in a Midwinter Film Series 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

The singer will be performing original compositions — arranged for a live string quartet — as well as tunes by Juan Gabriel, David Bowie and Harry Nilssen. Datebook: LACMA's new gifts, a show about performance, a special screening of 'Nosferatu' 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

There is some danger in Ora-Ïto's project, as the building's concrete roofscape is already a work of art, a grand composition of architecture, mountains and sea. Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM) – review 2013-06-08T23:05:15Z

The frieze is striking for its preference for terra-cotta over marble, while showing obvious Greek stylistic influences in its composition and architecture. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z

He was also known for his paintings — often quasi-abstract landscapes characterized by bold color and uncluttered composition — and works in ink on paper. David Slivka, a Sculptor and Painter, Dies at 95 2010-04-04T00:07:00Z

A Bach violin composition and the Christian hymn "How Great Thou Art" are also featured. 'Never Givin' Up' recites MLK's 'Letter' to call for justice 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Lundens’ composition is also much looser, with the figures spread out more haphazardly across the canvas, so it could not be used to make a one-to-one reconstruction. Rembrandt’s Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.’s Help 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

It focuses in particular on how the emerging medium of photography influenced painting and printing and how Ukiyo-e’s influence can be seen in the composition of early photographs. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

But the striking composition of the image, the details of the urban environment, the police who encroach on the young person, all of this resists easy consumption and dismissal. A young photographer made the Baltimore Uprising unforgettable 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Hardcore fans of musicals probably won't like the songs, whose on-the-hoof composition means that all they really amount to is a sudden flurry of musical cliche, pummelled together and slathered about. Radio review: Showstoppers 2011-01-20T07:59:01Z

The work, which dates from 1895, is one of four versions of the composition. NYC art sale to feature Munch's 'The Scream' 2012-02-21T12:36:09Z

Another piece, “Gray Neon Life,” is by the young American composer Edward Hamel and came about after Parker Woods sent out a call for compositions responding to urban street art. From Lady Gaga to an ice cello, Seth Parker Woods redefines what it means to play cello 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

The idea was the spur for me to leave the orchestra, to bring my family back to Australia, and to give composition a proper crack. Brett Dean on the trials of getting his opera Bliss on to the stage 2010-08-29T21:00:00Z

I spent a year experimenting with all the pitfalls of composition. Mecca for modern music 2012-05-29T13:02:04Z

His final composition, his son said, was “Fourths of July,” a patriotic orchestral piece that the New York Jazzharmonic premiered in June. Fred Hellerman, guitarist with pivotal folk quartet the Weavers, dies at 89 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

I didn't feel pandered to; these were "real" compositions, not just technical exercises. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

He uses it to navigate his own molten compositions, which may linger on a single chord for a good while without seeming to be at rest. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

"We began by playing mainly my own compositions," his website says, in the vein of "Canterbury-school bands like Caravan and Hatfield and the North." A life in writing: Jonathan Coe 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z

The twisting, turning compositions evoke midair collisions — but of what? — and eviscerated carcasses. Nancy Grossman: ‘The Edge of Always, Constructions from the 1960s’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

His drumwork served to elevate an already great composition into a stupendous one. Ringo Starr's MasterClass offers a student-focused approach to finding one's own drumming style 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

As Major-General Stanley, James Mills delivered with élan the patter song “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” a melody parodied countless times since its composition. Music Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Symphony Space 2013-12-29T20:37:38Z

One day, when he was rehearsing the Nadine McKinnor composition “This Christmas,” he added a lyric—“Shake a hand, shake a hand”—that Eulaulah jumped in to complete: “All over the land.” Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

With life in Paris made difficult by World War I, he started experimenting with neutral shades, in particular blacks and grays, as well as with geometric shapes and daringly austere compositions. Electronic Insights Into Matisse?s Technique 2010-07-09T23:15:00Z

After mastering several instruments in high school, he entered the University of North Texas College of Music on a scholarship at 16 and majored in composition. Bob Belden, Jazz Saxophonist and Historian of the Music, Dies at 58 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

He dedicated a composition to her memory, “Of Reminiscences and Reflections,” which received the Pulitzer Prize in 1994. Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who bridged jazz and classical music, dies at 89 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z

At five pages, “The Fledgling” is a virtuoso composition, its brevity speaking to how poetic concision can test a reader’s capacity for melancholy. ‘The State We’re In,’ a splendid new collection of stories by Ann Beattie 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

It’s barely an hour long and with a pleasurable twist finish that makes the entire composition easy to admire. Review | Two dramas on immigration and art emphasize the art 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

Instead of quickly fostering a riot of competing rhythms and motifs, this composition deals in repetitive material for long stretches over its approximately 45-minute length. Review: A Sublime New Direction for Andrew Norman in Los Angeles 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Light, shadow and variable viewing angles all contribute to the sense of movement conjured by “Recent Animations,” whose twisting compositions suggest quiet whirlpools and gentle explosions. Review | In the galleries: Works draw on feeling, seeing and a penchant for jazz 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Mealor's composition of "Ubi Caritas" - "Wherever charity and love are to be found, God is there" - will be sung by the choirs of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal immediately after the sermon Friday. Royal wedding to feature composer Paul Mealor 2011-04-28T15:46:06Z

One year, I was asked to add a third section of composition in a single term the night before classes started. Universities think I’m disposable, but my non-tenured status makes me a better teacher 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z

Half a century later Michele Giambono painted a similar composition, except that Jesus has his arms open to display the wounds in his palms. Art Review: The Enduring Power of an Icon 2011-03-31T21:48:50Z

Think while composing, is everything in the composition relevant, would it be better without something or is it improved by adding something or someone? Top tips: utilities 2010-12-31T13:48:03Z

A few years ago, Kendall relocated to New York City as a doctoral fellow in composition at Columbia University. Meet the fast-rising young composer who’s created a work Seattle Symphony is debuting in the U.S. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

His output touched on rock, disco and minimal compositions, and collaborators included the likes of the Talking Heads, Allen Ginsberg and Larry Levan. More than 20 years after his death, Arthur Russell’s music is more relevant than ever 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The latter appear up-to-date, but their harmonious compositions might well appeal to viewers whose idea of beauty is rooted in the 19th century. Review | In the galleries: Multiple works by Black artists create a vision of authority 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

In 2006, she began studying composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, in London, but while there she started an experimental pop band with two friends, Raisa Khan and Marc Pell. Mica Levi’s Anti-Musical Soundtracks 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Andrew spent several years studying composition in New York but eventually returned to San Francisco, where Big Brother and the Holding Company reunited once again, in 1987. Sam Andrew, Guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, Dies at 73 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

“The purity of lines was the very essence of his work, even his complex and ambitious compositions.” Inside Art: The Guggenheim Will Open ?Picasso Black and White? 2011-10-13T22:33:51Z

The contemporary and retro elements are unified by Ferrand’s detailed compositions, precise rendering and graphic-novel style, which suggests Charles Burns if he turned from pen-and-ink to acrylic paint. Review | In the galleries: The past invades the present in paintings by Gregory Ferrand 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Philharmonic live for the first time, hearing that composition with the acoustics of the Walt Disney Concert Hall; to experience that again would be magical. Carrie Brownstein, Carly Rae Jepsen and Others on First-Time Cultural Experiences 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

In this way, the composition recalled some of the mercurial, charming entries in Mr. Wolff’s early series of “Exercises.” Review: Nate Wooley’s Festival Delivers a New, Idiosyncratic Repertoire for Trumpet 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

Joe, in all his complexity, is brought to life in three ways: through Foxx’s vocal performance; the character’s design and movement; and Batiste’s compositions and performance. How Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Animates Jazz 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z

His “Keep Me From Blowing Away,” a waltz-time ballad included on Ms. Ronstadt’s 1974 album, “Heart Like a Wheel,” demonstrated that Mr. Craft’s compositions need not be leavened with humor to convey heartache. Paul Craft, Witty Country Music Songwriter, Dies at 76 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

The composition of “Townscape, Paris,” painted in shades of black, gray and white, owes something to aerial photography, but the crisscross brushstrokes reduce what might have been a figural picture to near abstraction. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z

One composition for chamber orchestra is scheduled for a world premier in February. American composer Elliott Carter dies at age 103 2012-11-06T03:40:17Z

Ms. Schutz, 42, established her reputation with expressionistic compositions featuring figures that seemed to be pushing at the edges of the picture planes with their limbs akimbo, barely skirting — or is it courting? — disaster. After the Quake, Dana Schutz Gets Back to Work 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Their compositions are performed by members of the Aurora Orchestra and blend acoustic and electronic sounds. VIDEO: MRI scanner inspires composers 2011-07-25T23:34:47Z

With its vibrating strings, pastel-soft keyboards, bits of electronic feedback and keening, slowly shifting vocals, a Mazzoli composition is swiftly recognizable. Music Review: Gotham Chamber Opera at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-05-23T21:54:56Z

The anniversary festivities continue on Jan. 23 with “Sun Goes Up, Sun Goes Down,” a new opera by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, who is famous for atonal compositions that employ instruments like car horns. Performance Guide 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

She knows the look she wants — she favors elegantly symmetrical stage compositions here — and the tone: deadpan and dreamlike, with comedy and menace battling for the upper hand. | 'Dreamless Land' : Julia Jarcho?s ?Dreamless Land? - Review 2011-11-10T22:54:11Z

As they fly around and pick grain off the instruments, they generate a chance composition. On the Wings of an Unusual Exhibition 2010-03-16T11:00:00Z

Instead of Weller turning up to record his own compositions, co-producer Simon Dines, who worked on 22 Dreams, sent him some musical ideas: "sound collages, little mood pieces". Paul Weller: National treasure 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

None of these earlier compositions was an Easter egg deposited in the painting for later researchers to discover. How AI is hijacking art history 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

For their work on “Watchmen,” they scored a second Emmy nomination for outstanding music composition for a limited series, movie or special. Pharrell, Beastie Boys, RZA, halftime show score Emmy nods 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

"Sir Paul has been writing and performing for more than five decades – as a member of iconic groups and as a solo artist – in genres ranging from rock'n'roll to classical compositions," Billington said. Paul McCartney to be honoured by Barack Obama at White House concert 2010-05-25T09:16:00Z

When Suter’s studio was flooded by hurricanes, she decided to accept the mud and staining that resulted in rough-hewn, abstract compositions. Vivian Suter at The Mistake Room 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

He was awarded the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for his composition “Of Reminiscences and Reflections,” written for the Louisville Orchestra. Gunther Schuller Awarded MacDowell Medal 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

Much of the landscape photography is just that—it’s of relatively little cinematic inspiration, falling between plain recording and familiarly picturesque compositions. The Experimental High Notes of “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

“Tribal Fusion,” choreographed by Youssoff Koumbassa and Karen Thornton Daniels, was an artful composition, with successive trios picking up a swivel and altering it. Dance Review: DanceAfrica at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2012-05-27T22:51:46Z

The Kaufman school emphasizes composition, both within the curriculum and in conjunction with a new U.S.C. Glorya Kaufman School of Dance Adds a New Dimension to Arts in Los Angeles 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

The compositions emphasize the horizontal, even when the panels are vertical. In the galleries: ‘Transient States’ illustrates Steven Walls’s rigorous realism

A fresh page in a marbled composition book. Motherlode Blog: Parenting Reading for Back to School 2011-09-06T18:00:47Z

In each post, she assesses the formula, glitter composition, the ease of application, brush, bottle, smell, how smoothly it dries and how much topcoat the color requires to both hold up and shine. Skin Deep: The Lure of Hard-to-Find Nail Polish Colors 2014-03-12T22:31:42Z

Its sad history inspired “The Nauru Elegies,” which, according to Mr. Miller’s Web site, “represents a virtual territory at a culmination of global currents, and creates music compositions that reflect that kind of virtuality.” Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z

“Strong Songs” is a thoughtful and thorough analysis of different pop songs, with an emphasis on composition. I Watched ‘Fleabag.’ I Watched ‘Insecure.’ What’s Next? 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z

It never sounds freer than on a concert in Stockholm, attacking three of Mr. Shorter’s compositions: “Paraphernalia,” “Nefertiti” and “Masqualero.” Wayne Shorter’s New Album Is ‘Without a Net’ 2013-01-31T17:38:26Z

Williamson was a master draughtsman with a sharp eye for layout and composition. Al Williamson obituary 2010-07-14T17:21:00Z

Call it a cosmic occurrence, but Mcgowan thinks that Emmanuel’s mindful electronic compositions, which he sees as an example of a singular American artist, changed the popular consideration of a regularly lampooned genre. The Case for New Age Music as American Folk Art 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Much of Rosen’s output is original compositions, but the ones that get the most attention are his overhauls. Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z

The change follows some grumbling in the classical world about last year’s nomination of Jon Batiste — the jazz bandleader and TV personality who won album of the year — for the contemporary composition prize. The Grammys Have a New Award: Songwriter of the Year 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

“Rewind & Play” dazzles because it is and will remain a wonder to witness Monk seemingly discovering his compositions again and again, his fingers conjuring, his right foot etching rhythms. ‘Rewind & Play’ Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

Between each wooden fence post is a diagram, made from the same crude wood, demonstrating various theories of composition, from the rule of thirds to the golden ratio and two-point perspective. Perspective | Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

Their first play, a conceptual composition about four angels that fall to Earth, was commissioned in 2019 by the Serpentine Galleries and called “The End of the World.” The Artist Who Transforms Galleries Into Forests and Fields 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

In the early 1950s, the paternal spirit of American composition began to drift from Stravinsky toward Schoenberg. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

That means he delivers personal anecdotes with stealth punch lines that are sandwiched among original compositions. Drawing on the Past, Living in the Present, Dreaming of the Future 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

He spoke of some compositions arriving instantaneously in his mind. John Tavener, Composer and Seeker, Dies at 69 2013-11-12T18:20:35Z

Fine met Boulanger when she visited Cambridge, Mass., in 1939 and followed her back to France to study in her composition class, absorbing rigorous lessons in counterpoint and harmony and engaging with Stravinsky’s music. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

The best musical source, known as the Tenbury manuscript, was once thought to date from a period close to the opera’s composition and performance. The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

He studied composition and ethnomusicology at Tokyo University of the Arts and began playing around with synthesizers and performing in the local pop scene. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s the richness of the composition, or the colors that she’s tapping into,” said Ms. Ringle, who selected Ms. Hamilton for “Fictions,” the Studio Museum’s showcase exhibition last year. Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Those fields have become more important to the artist’s compositions. Galleries: ‘The Art of Comic Books,’ ‘Wait,’ ‘Vivid’

Ives worked on it for years, and he eventually came to think of it as his farewell to composition; its ending is profoundly comforting. In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Glaze compositions and firing techniques were refined to produce light-colored hues, and new enamel colors were introduced for porcelain painting. A Pair of Chinese Ceramic Hares Is on the Block 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Part of LC Kids, Lincoln Center’s series for young people, this show combines original compositions and choreography in a program that is simultaneously a big-band concert, a tap-dance presentation and a cross-cultural celebration. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

On “Swirling,” named for the album’s one Allen composition, the Arkestra wraps its arms around a huge range of musical history: swing, early rock ’n’ roll, Chicago blues, avant-garde improvisation, abstract electronics. Earth Couldn’t Contain Sun Ra’s Ideas. His Arkestra Is Still Exploring Them. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

"The Rite" has the distinction, he suggested, of bridging the longstanding gulf between contemporary composition and the standard concert repertory; of being equally at home in the classroom and in the concert hall. ArtsBeat: 'The Rite of Spring' Still Grist for Discussion 2012-10-28T19:54:43Z

Hugonin works on just one canvas each year, building up their composition of tiny brush marks so the accumulative effect tends to slow down the process of one's looking to a contemplative calm. This week's new exhibitions 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

Feldman's compositions don't impose themselves on you, and they refuse to shout about their meaning or importance – even their length. A guide to Morton Feldman's music 2012-11-12T19:01:09Z

After the universities reopened in 1976, he got a degree in composition from Shanghai University, and in 1982, he moved to the United States, eventually earning a doctorate at Columbia University. A Blackface ‘Othello’ Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

The G major concerto, whose composition Ravel interrupted to write the Left Hand Concerto, is a lighter and more sparkling affair. Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Symphony, Morlot for Ravel 2013-09-15T14:01:09Z

Grisey's score is one of the great works of the French Spectral school of composition developed at the Paris new music institution IRCAM. Weekend concerts across L.A. provide solace in a world gone wrong amid Paris attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Shipley, 28, is studying for a doctoral degree in biophysics at Harvard and conducts research on how cerebrospinal fluid composition changes over the course of neural development, and in the context of disease. Hanna Golab, Frederick Shipley 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

A constructivist in composition and a nocturnalist in mood, he depicted the city as a geometric pattern of dark walls and bright windows framing individual figures, often nude dark-skinned men. Art in Review: BILL RICE: ?Paintings and Works on Paper? 2011-06-16T22:00:29Z

It consisted of seven solo piano compositions that were, like most of his music, inspired by nature. George Winston, Pianist With a Soothing ‘New Age’ Sound, Dies at 74 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

The director also makes distinctive use of music, filling the soundtrack with classical pieces—orchestrations of compositions by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms. My Favorite Halloween Movie 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

A true seamstress of sound, she turned organic and everyday material into some of the earliest modern British electronic compositions. Manchester honours the woman behind the spooky music of Doctor Who 2013-01-10T12:00:00Z

The collaborators explore Coltrane’s sense of abandon; in their dance as Ms. De Keersmaeker’s website states, “they accept the challenge of blending improvisation and composition into a seamless whole.” Dance Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s as if, Pullman suggests, pupils are being taught how to write stories or write any piece of composition in such a dull, bureaucratic way that they will be put off using imagination. Philip Pullman: Why I love comics 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

“And let’s not forget that Edward was profoundly aware of his brother’s practice. These photos are Mapplethorpes, works of art, with all the integrity of that image-making, the quality of light and of composition.” The Other Mapplethorpe 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

The London Symphony Orchestra is to perform compositions by Iamus, a computer program devised at the University of Malaga, Spain. Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga 2012-07-01T11:56:51Z

Third fundamental term: contrapposto, noun, Italian, a pose in which the body’s weight rests on one foot, resulting in a dynamic composition that puts the hips and shoulders at odds. ‘Rear View’ Is Rather Forward Thinking 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

His music mingles jazz, funk, hip-hop and soul in high-energy compositions that rev up audiences on frequent tours that take him across the country and abroad. "Trombone Shorty" carries on New Orleans jazz tradition 2013-04-27T17:03:55Z

The composition of this digital team also indicates a distinction between the way CBS appears to view its legacy news business and its still-growing digital imprint. Why the CBS digital team needs black reporters covering the 2020 election 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

His original compositions were recorded by the pianist and composer Aaron Robinson and released in 2015 as “Max Morath: The Complete Ragtime Works for Piano.” Max Morath, Pianist Who Staged a One-Man Ragtime Revival, Dies at 96 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

The Ghost Train Orchestra, a midsize ensemble, explores the music of that period, dipping into both the Dixieland and swing-era songbooks, and offering some nostalgic compositions of its own. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Baker frequently tweaks his compositions or moves on to other recipes. Finer dining takes root in Ivy City with Gravitas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. McFarland plans to spend more time in Denver, where he moved last year with his longtime partner, and to devote more time to composition, improvisation and solo performance projects. Two JACK Quartet Founders to Depart 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

One piece was new: part of a composition called “Bingo” the group will be playing through the week. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

You might wonder about the composition of the crowds. ‘Babi Yar: Context’ Review: Unearthing Footage of a Nazi Massacre 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

The light emanated by Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Richard II,” which ended its run at the Barbican Center on Jan. 25, was of a different composition but equally isolating. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z

The bittersweet pathos that would infuse so many of his compositions based on Polish dances — the mazurkas and polonaises — here appears as the musical expression of survivor’s guilt. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

He was named professor emeritus in 2014, when he left Cornell to join the composition faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City. Steven Stucky, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of intricate musical wit, dies at 66 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Penderecki worked in an electronics studio for a while, and the experience directly influenced his early compositions. Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Composer With Cinematic Flair, Dies at 86 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

Some compositions are clearly made by working flat on the floor. Art in Review: Rebecca Morris 2011-01-06T22:09:45Z

Only 14 of Alma's lieder compositions survive today, though they were never dated, one assumes they were early songs. The Alma problem 2010-12-02T22:31:00Z

Should the bill one day materialize, the composition of Tubman and Jackson, two faces of the same vexed coin, would serve as an apt emblem of Americans’ habit of historical equivocation. The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

In those from the mid-’60s, you see Mr. Lynch working through Surrealist influences in finely drawn and shaded compositions of body parts. Exploring David Lynch’s Paintings and Drawings 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

But there were also circles and raised bars, like neon tubes, concentrated down the front of belted jersey tops, and a three-dimensional composition of black scribbled lines on crumbled white fabric. Balenciaga: Domestic Studies 2010-03-04T17:41:00Z

Ammannati responded by designing a glorious composition of marble river gods and other allegorical figures, presided over by Juno, stylishly ensconced on an overarching stone rainbow, flanked by two peacocks. Art: In Florence, Revelations in Stone 2011-08-12T11:30:07Z

An ambient soundtrack of one of Darboven’s musical compositions — a mind-massaging solo for double bass with a repetitive structure similar to her visual art — provides the beat. The Perils of Order, Taken to the Extreme 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The sheer range of music gathered under its umbrella — detailed compositions as well as top-to-bottom improvisations, in all manner of instrumental lineups — suggests a house policy of ecumenicalism. Music Review: A Kind of Orthodoxy Built on Improvisation 2011-06-09T22:53:47Z

A few years ago, the tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel made a video series called “The Seasons,” performing a set of compositions dedicated to the 12 months, each performed with a different duet partner. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Already, schools across the UK are competing to reimagine some of the best-known classical compositions, showing off their creativity and musical acumen, while also studying the classics in the meantime. Elton John, Lorde, Pharrell And More Help Launch BBC Music Initiative With Amazing Beach Boys Cover Video 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Pastiche it may be, but it's also pretty astonishing for a teenage composition. Five difficult pieces 2010-04-22T22:00:00Z

Plus, it alleviated any concerns over how the band would pull off Pecknold’s increasingly layered compositions live. Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold on what inspired the band’s surprise new album, ‘Shore’ 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

Color contrasts emphasized by clear-cut divisions in the composition appeared in such pictures as “Vision of the Sermon.” Gauguin, Obsessive Chameleon 2010-10-01T14:33:00Z

On April 7, the long-running gospel group Twinkie Clark and the Clark Sisters are paired with a program of spiritual choral compositions by Mary Lou Williams. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

Ms. Humphries is best known for shimmering, burbling abstract paintings that agglutinate stenciled marks, typographical stutters, and deceptive spills and splashes that in fact result from careful composition. Jacqueline Humphries’s Digital Paintings, Aglow in the Dark 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Certain melodies and chord progressions recur across instruments; the composition is repetitious enough to allow you to drift in and out without worrying that you’ve missed crucial developments. Music to Sleep By 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

One work was set to Schumann, another to Debussy and the third to a composition by Yevgeniy Sharlat based on Liszt’s “Transcendental Études.” Dance Review: Lar Lubovitch Dance at Gould Hall 2012-11-16T23:12:29Z

Mr. Wilson’s popularity increased with his appearances at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which commissioned him to write extended compositions for the festival’s 40th and 50th anniversaries. Gerald Wilson, bandleader, composer, dies

But just as bell hooks, the feminist writer, and k. d. lang, the singer-songwriter, often see their names appear with unwanted capital letters, lowercase compositions are often capitalized on their way to publication. where have classical music’s uppercase letters gone? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Things improve when Inger focuses on group composition – dancers criss-crossing the stage as if scurrying across a no man's land, or clumping into one creature – but this remains a perplexing work. Nederlands Dans Theater 2010-07-07T20:45:00Z

A casual bird enthusiast who has been fascinated by Audubon’s draughtsmanship since he was a child, Mr. Marshall has long put Black protagonists at the center of his complex, richly layered compositions. Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

When he embraced modal composition starting in 1960, the common wisdom was that he had exhausted the potential of chord movement — there was just nothing else left to do. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play.

"Each of the characters is recognisable by its colour, proportion and place in the composition." The world's best – and most controversial – nativity designs 2012-12-20T15:12:08Z

The New Grove Dictionary of American Music said that at its best, Carter's music "sustains an energy of invention that is unrivaled in contemporary composition." Composer, Pulitzer winner Carter dies in NY at 103 2012-11-06T02:07:08Z

Eventually, he removes parts of the ripened compositions to fire and glaze as permanent relics of an unsustainable installation. In the galleries: Artist’s glass has life of its own 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

“And, at the same time it’s an abstract composition, a play of lines and forms.” Film: Alain Resnais Explores Desire in ?Wild Grass? 2010-06-19T06:53:00Z

But there were big shifts in the composition of visitors from different countries. Weak pound lures American tourists to Britain, but Europeans unmoved 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

I asked Mr. Sun about some of the images in his work, like an Arriflex movie camera at the center of one composition and the military figures in several Socialist Realist-style paintings. Sun Xun’s Art Show Evokes His Upbringing in China 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

And a big chunk of it is filled with detailed analyses of Bartok’s compositions, along with dozens of musical illustrations. A sonata in two movements 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

On the other, it’s bittersweet: The wild ideas and compositions Lewis created when she was relatively unknown, crafting curious objects in her studio, were better. Art We Saw This Winter 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Four teen composers, graduates of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Fellowship Program, will hear their compositions performed by the orchestra for the first time in Disney Hall. What's it like to hear the L.A. Phil play your music in Disney Hall? Ask these composers, ages 16 to 18 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The band’s main songwriter early on, Mr. Allman contributed expansive, emotionally fraught compositions like “Dreams” and “Whipping Post” to the Allman Brothers repertoire. Gregg Allman, Influential Force Behind the Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 69 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

His compositions drew from both high and low culture, throwing Kurt Weill into the blender with ragtag circus music. Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65 2010-07-29T06:19:00Z

He will teach the new undergraduates as well as graduate students from the university’s International Artist Fellows program, focusing on choreographic process and composition. ArtsBeat: William Forsythe to Join U.S.C. Dance School 2014-05-07T17:00:08Z

In this documentary, thick, succulent cuts of fish pose over rice to the sound of Philip Glass compositions as the director David Gelb profiles the revered sushi chef Jiro Ono and his restaurant. What’s on TV: ‘Sick Note’ and ‘Vice’ 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Nederlander is also seeking songs that Mr. Jackson may have written for the musical; the civil suit does not indicate whether the artist wrote any such compositions. Producer Sues Jackson Estate Over Musical 2010-06-22T23:04:00Z

That picture is one of several in which the composition cuts off below the top. In the galleries: City life, and the possible menace that lies beneath 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

Its composition also suggests an Orthodox Christian icon – the objects isolated in light instead of gold leaf; the biers echoing the black shapes on the icons of the Nativity and the Resurrection. The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi? ? review 2011-07-16T23:06:23Z

That moment made me a lifelong fan of the Modern Jazz Quartet and convinced me to give Coleman’s composition a good, honest listen. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

“We struck it down to where we had just a bit of the lyrics and some tones, added in our own effects, and then hired composition companies to help fill those in,” Wees said. How ‘Us’ Turned Weed Anthem ‘I Got 5 on It’ Into a Creepy Horror Theme 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

As far as they were concerned, the question of the composition of the continuum had been settled. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

He once succinctly summed up his conviction that composition itself could not be taught, that all he really offered was practical advice. Remembering Jack Beeson, Composer and Teacher 2010-07-09T22:50:00Z

For the sessions, the pianist enlisted Pope, the bassist Art Davis and the drummer Kalil Madi, and the ensemble holed up in a New York hotel, working to grasp the bandleader’s new compositions. The Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lone Album Arrives, 56 Years Later 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

But he has recently begun to emerge as a protagonist in his own right, leading a five-piece group at clubs around New York and showcasing his book of soaring, neatly woven compositions. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Though the songs flow together and make an overall composition, they are written in varied styles: folkloric anthems; impressionistic ruminations with wistful, piercing cluster chords; stomp-and-shout romps; and more. Bryce Dessner Debuts 'Black Mountain Songs' at BAM 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Thus Springsteen jettisoned many compositions – love ballads, soul stompers and beery singalongs – simply because they didn't fit his ascetic vision. Bruce Springsteen: 'People thought we were gone. Finished' 2010-09-23T20:30:00Z

Three pieces were instrumental compositions commissioned for the occasion, and Adams conducted fervently sturdy performances with the L.A. 4 emerging composers' works shine in L.A. Phil Green Umbrella

They’re about the idea of the orchestra and the idea of composition, as if he’s building the anxiety about composing into the composition process in lieu of getting over it. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z

The show is more concerned with composition this season, offering up tableaux that are as vivid as they are certifiably horrifying. American Horror Story's Freak Show clowns and creeps absurd as ever 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

A black-and-white composition of off-center circles within circles, it’s altogether 15 feet in diameter. Op Art Through a Latin Lens 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

As for the musical composition, performed by an orchestra of six, “Oratorio” layers myriad genres — gospel, jazz, Baroque and a range of pop styles — to create harmony where cacophony might otherwise exist. Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Kung employs the popular strategy of building his intricate compositions gesture by gesture, each addition a carefully considered reaction to the one before it. In the galleries: At Hillyer, a universe of change, instability and chaos 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

His commitment to the accessibility of music-making led him to donate large quantities of his own choral arrangements and compositions to their community and youth music library. Ian Humphris 2012-12-31T12:36:49Z

Wolfe resides in TriBeCa and is an associate professor of music composition at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. 'Anthracite Fields' composer Julia Wolfe says MacArthur grant will bring 'time and space' 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

In the final set, the two bands converged for a thread of Mahavishnu Orchestra songs; both tendencies came to the fore — but McLaughlin’s won out, probably because they were playing his compositions. Review | Jazz fusion battles it out with jam band at Lincoln Theatre 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

Imagine, btw, the dismay of this conceptual painter with her existentialist bent, when designers lifted her compositions to decorate minidresses, because, honestly, they were just plain groovy. How to talk about art 2012-07-14T00:00:00Z

But she had no interest in pursuing composition until, at the University of Michigan, she stumbled on a class titled “Creative Musicianship.” A MacArthur for the Composer Julia Wolfe 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

The collection for next fall and winter, dubbed “The Dawn of Romanity,” drew on smoky granite patterns, mosaic compositions and architectural details that evoked the palatial floors and ceilings of Rome. Fendi stages ethereal tribute to Lagerfeld in ancient Rome 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

If that weren’t fun enough, each object emits a unique composition that, once you position yourself to hear, feels like a mini-concert just for you. 212-708-9400, moma.org. Holiday Museum Guide: Where to See Art This Season 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Snapping, clapping, stomping and clicking his tongue, Mr. Young played the church with his body, a one-man band juggling two or three rhythms at once, developing a sophisticated composition within Ms. Dorrance’s. Dance Review: Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance at St. Mark’s Church 2013-01-22T21:49:07Z

The composition from electronic music pioneer Herbert will feature the sounds of 20 pianos from across the world, including Steinways and forgotten out-of-tune family instruments, at famous locations. Composers chosen for new music event 2013-04-26T12:01:03Z

Zappa was known for everything from novelty rock songs to elaborate classical compositions. Baltimore Honors Late Rocker Frank Zappa With Bust 2010-09-19T22:29:00Z

Looking at his career, his horn might matter most as a periscope into his compositions, which tend to be full-group affairs, too rich for any one instrument to carry. Ambrose Akinmusire’s Trumpet Takes a Back Seat to His Pen on ‘Origami Harvest’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Much of the fully orchestrated composition is just lovely to the ear. Theater On Broadway and Off, post-Sandy 2012-12-07T00:27:00Z

It's a reduction of a challenging and odd composition to something more challenging and rather odder. So an artist found a work on the web, copied it and won an award. Why the fuss? 2010-04-25T21:15:00Z

The “Cranes in the Sky” video begins with a series of living images, a succession of careful D.I.Y. compositions. The Profound Power of the New Solange Videos 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

“Nox” by Anne Carson, since it is innovative in every single way: the “keepsake” box and accordion collage-like composition, the deeply moving poems, definitions, personal history and the handwritten scraps. ArtsBeat: Poetry Profiles: Alice James Books 2014-03-26T19:43:37Z

Oddly, the faceted composition also recalls a Cubist painting. Pulling back for the big picture of media overload 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

Another important aspect is the idea of the compositions mimicking natural plant associations, and for Choe, that means putting an American spin on her creations. Kusamono: The softer side of bonsai 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

He's also known for his compositions for "Jaws," the "Indiana Jones" and "Jurassic Park" series and other films. John Williams greets 'Star Wars' musicians outside home 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

“We play hundreds of dates per year across the country and the composition of those venues changes constantly,” Managing Producer Brian Loevner wrote in an email. Is the Kennedy Center cornering the market on comedians? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wheeldon chooses a different palette of new and borrowed movement in each composition, and he’s no clone. 2010-02-11T23:18:00Z

Nadia Boulanger, a famous composition teacher in France, told him, "Quincy, your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being." Quincy Jones book schools next generation 2010-11-19T23:51:00Z

Both soil composition and proper curing are necessary for creamy spuds that don’t beg for butter or sugar. When Only Homegrown Sweet Potatoes Will Do 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

It creates a whole different level of composition and in some ways, it's really challenging. How the tragic imagery of "Better Call Saul," rendered in black & white, tells the "emotional story" 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z

In Ms. Stockholder’s engaging, if not wildly exciting, show of sculptures at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, your awareness of your attention’s shifting between the disparate parts and the whole composition is essential. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Menil exhibition has just eight paintings but it demonstrates her ability to squeeze impact out of a deceptively simple composition. A Painter Who Puts It All on the Line 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

Walton was one of the grand old men of English music in the 20th century, but how do the compositions of his youth hold up? The Romantic, the modern at Seattle chamber-music fest 2012-07-24T21:01:07Z

With their bold lines, busy compositions and intense reds and blacks, Carlos Luna’s paintings look as though they should be spray-painted on a wall. Review | In the galleries: Myths and respite at the American University museum 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

All along, it has been first and foremost a laboratory for Mr. Opsvik’s immersive compositions, which represent some of the most slyly fascinating music on the scene today. Music From a Distance? Eivind Opsvik Has Been Making It for Years 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

In “And They Forgot to Love,” Ms. Sánchez Ruíz, whose work teeters between composition and improvisation, aspires to reach a state in her dancing in which the body leads: it’s her way of getting lost. 2010-02-06T05:51:00Z

I’m only faintly aware of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s original composition, having never seen “The Sound of Music.” A Year in Marking the Time with Music 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

While these images echo product shots in retail catalogs, they are as refined in detail, composition and color as still-life miniatures. Andy Warhol Through the Lens 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Monyok learned to speak again while rehearsing the piece with Mr. Kurtag, and her struggle was reflected in the composition: a harrowing landscape of stuttering repetition, of language trying reluctantly to form itself. A 92-Year-Old Composer’s First Opera Is His ‘Endgame’ 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

Emergent forms in the compositions are occasionally outlined with a marker. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

Some of these compositions of herbaceous plantings exist within traditional frameworks of clipped hedging, and some are much freer. Marking the gardener’s path through history 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

Some of the earliest of those compositions — like “Give,” an ethereal ballad built around intervallic thirds, and “Hidden Solitude,” inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s diminished scale — found their way onto this album. Albums From Jesse Stacken and Norberto Lobo 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

The orchestra brought heat and nuance to “Fate Now Conquers,” a composition from Simon commissioned following his 2019 entry for the American Opera Initiative. Review | Washington National Opera returns to the stage, and it’s something to sing about 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

HBO’s sprawling fantasia, whose upcoming eighth season will be its last, won six other awards for its makeup, costumes, music composition and stunt coordination. Emmys 2018: Game of Thrones makes a triumphant return on TV's biggest night 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

The most thrilling set piece features a purgative ritual that Cervera executes with a dance choreographer’s sense of movement and a gothic artist’s eye for composition. The Tribeca Festival Returns in Full Bloom 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

But I change the composition from one to the other, so the compositions will offer new arrangements. Master architect Michael Graves discusses his 50-year career 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

More austere but just as striking are the “Grey Shed paintings,” whose compositions are intriguingly off-center and whose grays are heathered and silvery. In the galleries: Gunpowder and teddy bears 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Barber adhered to tried-and-true formal schemes and generic conventions from the 19th century, adding tangy harmonies and metrical sleights of ear to disguise, however thinly, the traditional harmonic and melodic organization of his compositions. Two Composers, Honored Silently 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z

He structured the composition with seven more or less vertical arcs of brown-to-black, which encourages you to read it horizontally, like a narrative panorama. Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Curving and folding their bodies around each other, they form perfectly balanced compositions. How Dance Partners Create Chemistry Onstage 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Orff’s Burana is an interpretation of 24 poems, and is presented as a cantata — a vocal-driven composition, slightly different than an opera, usually broken up into several movements, and often performed by a choir. Top 10 Tunes You Think You Know (But Really Don?t) 2011-11-16T10:00:23Z

Twelve weeks later, participants — many representing the future of classical composition — present the world premiere of their works, played by Symphony musicians. Free concert spotlights gifted young, local composers at Benaroya 2010-04-21T23:04:00Z

They’ll be recognized by fans of the records — including ones by D.C.’s Bad Brains and Minor Threat — but function just fine as abstract compositions. Review | In the galleries: Zenith celebrates 40 years with two exhibitions in two spaces 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

Part of the reason, too, was the difficulty of her compositions, some of which were unpublished until recently and were promoted mostly by students like Pierre Labric. She Was an Organist for the Ages 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

There are four of them: abstract compositions of torqued and sandblasted steel, each around 11 feet tall, affixed with burnished discs of aluminum and placed on either side of the Met’s sweeping staircase. Carol Bove’s Light-Touch Heavy Metal Faces Down the Met 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Bening’s masterpiece raises the question of the origin of oil painting compositions that are also to be seen in manuscript illumination. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z

The composition is full of symbolical allusions to the distressed condition of Europe. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

"He constructed compositions in a theatrical way with figures on the sides as if all is happening on stage in front of us." Veronese masterpieces on show in UK 2014-03-18T17:56:37Z

As the pages grow larger, and earlier compositions are cleverly repeated, the reader is asked to ponder a series of questions: “Who will you meet next month?” Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

The shot composition is striking; at a Trump event in Nevada, the camera framed the candidate, tucked in a corner of the screen, against a roaring sea of supporters. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Somehow these ultrafeminine and dainty compositions manage also to be remarkably sophisticated. Exhibition review: From Legos to laminates, plastic is raw material for jewelry 2010-05-07T23:23:00Z

Often, concerts and compositions in Terezín would express suffering and resistance. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

The composition of “The Dance Class” dazzles; so does its thought. ‘Degas’s Little Dancer’ Spotlights a Seminal Sculpture 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

These game-changing works envelop you in hues from dusty orange to pale pinks and lavenders, tumbling compositions of circles, spirals and pinwheels, and unfurling ribbonlike lines that sometimes form mysterious letters and words. ‘Hilma Who?’ No More 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

So you think in the best instances, improvisation and composition would produce the same results? Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

KPF’s buildings soon became ornate, rich compositions of stone and glass, often with abstracted and simplified classical detailing. Eugene Kohn, Architect of Skyscraping Ambitions, Dies at 92 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

Anyone searching today for the complete box set of “Sonic Meditations” won’t find it, because, as the composer wrote, “music is a welcome by-product” of this composition. Listening as Activism: The “Sonic Meditations” of Pauline Oliveros 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

The political affiliations and ideologies of states reflected the class composition of their workforces. Class decides everything 2012-06-24T16:00:00Z

Rigorous methods of composition can sometimes result in bafflingly disjointed sounds that resemble a nonsensical sentence. Music Review: Peter Serkin Brings Musical Abstraction to 92nd Street Y 2014-05-12T21:40:29Z

All the tracks on “Freebird,” the sophomore album from the quartet Walking Distance, stem from Charlie Parker compositions, but good luck tracing most of them back to their source material. The Playlist: Unreleased Chris Cornell, and 12 More New Songs 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

They invited me to their shared studio, where Arianna’s paintings — interpretations of pieces of music — hung on the walls, and Davide sat at a grand piano and played me some of his intricate compositions. Scenes From an Italian Summer 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

“It brought a diversity of rhythms, made a diversity of compositions where they blended everything, and it was all fascinating, and that creation and diversity made a tremendous change.” Fania Records celebrates 50th anniversary 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Shorter wrote his share of compositions that became jazz standards, like “Footprints,” a coolly ethereal waltz, and “Black Nile,” a driving anthem. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

Konk Pack move irresistibly between moods, and episodes of density and tranquillity, like movements in a composition. Konk Pack – review 2012-12-19T18:57:30Z

But the group’s music — mostly original compositions from its members — pushes ever onward. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The concert will start with “Samesoul Maker,” a composition for guitar and three voices, imagining the role of a father in birthing and rearing a mythic planet, Or’gen. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

It’s more of a victory lap for both artists than an essential composition — one visionary tipping his cap to another — but fans of either will find plenty to like here. Kanye West Adds a Verse to Beyoncé and Jay Z’s “Drunk In Love”: Hear the Remix 2014-02-18T17:03:54Z

Mohrman documents these costumes, using simple compositions and adding no commentary. Review | In the galleries: ‘Time Capsule’ retrospective highlights jazz’s influence on Frank Stewart 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

On another, their tuneful but melancholic compositions make them a kind of hip Coldplay, the songs used to tearjerking effect in that covert breaker of emerging mainstream talent, US TV drama Grey's Anatomy. This week's new live music 2011-08-12T23:07:43Z

Other compositions imprison people inside squares or rectangles of contrasting color. In the galleries: Art that’s coolly conceived, rigorously made 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

There certainly are elements of burlesque in a composition like “When I’m 64,” which poses the crucial question: “Will you still need me/Will you still feed me/when I’m 64?” From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

One is the rifle, its narrow, steel-gray form enlarged and pushed into the visual foreground by a sharply delineated white shape, which cuts across the composition on a diagonal. Diego Rivera's Cubist masterpiece arrives at LACMA 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

The composition of the group has changed markedly since January. Win or loss this week for Hansen’s NBA quest 2013-04-15T04:33:14Z

Prokofiev produced dance music for a period before returning his attention fully to classical composition, and he retains an interest in electronic music and contemporary popular styles. Gabriel Prokofiev debuts concerto 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

“It was he more than any one else who encouraged my interest upon the field of musical composition in the larger forms,” she wrote of her husband. Amy Beach, a Pioneering American Composer, Turns 150 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

The second Still, while smaller, was vastly superior in its composition and color scheme, but made only $31.4 million. The Fever Bubbling in Contemporary Art Sales 2011-11-11T14:00:10Z

In one scene, a woman discusses the composition of a cityscape by Camille Pissarro in a room filled with visually impaired people, whose fingers glide over embossed reproductions of the painting. In ‘National Gallery,’ Frederick Wiseman Plies His Art 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Mitchell’s messy composition bears a regrettable resemblance to one of those discarded canvases on which painters wipe off their brushes. Auctions: Fortune Smiles on Abstract Art 2011-11-10T12:00:07Z

“He sees the space, the angles, the composition, the possibilities,” she added. Kurt Markus, Photographer of Cowboys and Models, Is Dead at 75 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z

His composition “Half Mast” at the Whitney was a billboard mural that the museum said reflected “the current national reckoning with mass shootings.” A Fight Over Money, Loyalty and Who Gets Credit for an Artist’s Rise 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, he was to spend all three hours “giving instruction in composition and instrumentation to the most talented pupils only.” The Deal That Brought Dvorak to New York 2013-08-23T21:36:42Z

More surprising than the sales figures is the composition of the DVD package. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z

Mr. Cusick’s video design displays exacting compositions, particularly in the office, without drawing attention to itself. | 'Newyorkland': ?Newyorkland? at Coil Festival Shows Police Work - Review 2012-01-17T22:42:59Z

“In the strikingly simple composition of a circular figure within a perfectly square canvas, the work showcases the artist’s mastery of form, color, and design,” says Susan Grace Galassi, senior curator at The Frick. Sir Frederic Leighton’s Flaming June Makes Its New York Debut 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

Anderson, a professor of composition and composer-in-residence at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, said that he hoped the award would help bring attention to the importance of contemporary music and live performance. Music Inspired by Notre-Dame Fire Wins a Top Prize 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z

His capacity to transform construction-site leftovers into stimulating compositions sharpens the senses, boggles the mind and attunes us to our surroundings, not to mention our memories of other situations. Anthony Caro's 1960s work -- the thrill is still here 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

His piano playing, like his compositions, was not that easily characterized. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In an era in which classical composition stands on the sidelines of mainstream culture, “Meet the Composer” reveals what composers are up to in the present day. Q2 Music’s Brilliant “Meet the Composer” Podcast 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z

Perhaps he intends these quiet carefree scenes to distract us from how carefully he engineers every composition. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

But more than on the what, the two concerts shed light on the how of composition, with different takes on the testy relationship between process and work, method and means. From Silence to Noise: Rauschenberg’s Influence on Music 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

His newest album reminds us that his compositions can achieve the same balance of intimacy and vision. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Haque says that recently he has been writing compositions based on various mathematical ideas: particular pitch intervals, melodic motifs that evoke geometric patterns, that kind of thing. Switched-on guitar: Fareed Haque meets the Moog 2011-01-24T14:43:52Z

His perfect geometrical compositions with primary colors are amazing. In Ella Fontanals-Cisneros’s Collection, Latin American Roots Run Deep 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Crumb’s compositions inhabit a strange kind of suburbia themselves, a liminal space, rooted in the canon of Western music but venturing out into the world of natural sounds and acoustic phenomena. His Music Full of Echoes, a Maverick Composer Turns 90 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

Then the piece explodes into an energetic, vigorous composition as we see Mr. Hawking as a student on his bike. Composing 'The Theory of Everything' 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

After studying musicology at the University of Helsinki and pursuing degrees in composition and piano at the Sibelius Academy there, Mr. Rautavaara caught the eye of Sibelius himself. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Subtle musical cues woven through the composition keep it light without us even noticing why. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Within the design of the compositions, each will get his say. Six Clarinetists In a Circle 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

The common potted plant version is Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, but other species are more suited to the succulent composition, as an accent plant in contrast to the rosette forms. Get to know the different succulent varieties 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

They indicate a familiarity with 20th-century abstraction: Mondrian’s quietly robust brushwork, and the levitating compositions of Kandinsky, Miró and Léger. Review: Flora Crockett, a Forgotten Abstract Painter 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

The Limbourgs used lavender to distinguish this element of the composition and to accentuate Christ’s death pallor. Close Reading: The Belles Heures on Display at the Met 2010-03-31T23:05:00Z

After filling composition books with rhymes, an uncle urged her to put her spoken word to beats, beginning with a freestyle over the local hero Meek Mill’s “In My Bag.” 15 Songs in 15 Minutes: Inside Tierra Whack’s Whimsical, Twisted World 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

He brings an intriguing, soulful element of cabaret pop to his compositions, one curiously at odds with his dance collaborations. Pop & Rock Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:40:13Z

In many ways a piano transcription resembles a charcoal drawing of a painting, emphasizing the relationship of individual lines to overall composition. Review: Pianist Soheil Nasseri Puts a New Touch on Classical Standards 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

The Post’s director of photography, MaryAnne Golon, said Tugnoli has “a gorgeous and lyrical style. . . . He uses light and composition beautifully. He is respectful to his subjects, most of whom are often in vulnerable situations.” Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prizes for criticism, photography; affiliated cartoonist also honored 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

It is because Addario unsparingly depicts the suffering of war that an incongruity arises between the content and the composition. Has War Changed, or Only War Photography? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

He would never admit that of his own compositions. Philip Glass Ensemble: the Qatsi trilogy; BBCSO/Volkov; Melvyn Tan; T'ang Quartet; Bo Skovhus; Montreal SO/Nagano; Llyr William; Ten Plagues ? review 2011-08-20T23:06:12Z

He began teaching graphic arts and composition for the League in 1936, became an instructor of painting and continued to teach at the school until 1980. Will Barnet, Painter, Dies at 101 2012-11-13T23:34:33Z

All but one of the compositions were by Mr. Lawrence. Music Review: Azar Lawrence Quintet at Jazz Standard - Review 2011-12-15T23:04:44Z

From that base, the Ramaswamys create works using nontraditional story lines and contemporary hybrid musical compositions. Baryshnikov, Diavolo, BodyTraffic and more: L.A.'s dance scene gears up for a breakout season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

In other words, this is folk art threaded through the needle of studied composition and artistry rather than curios fashioned by a self-taught savant. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

"We lift our arms in celebration, and we celebrate what we already knew which is that we have one of the great composition programs in the world," he said. Details on the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners 2011-04-19T00:29:08Z

The second season's music explores new composition styles, but fans will recognize similar themes. The Spooky 'Stranger Things' Season 2 Soundtrack Is Here 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z

While introducing compositions by Terry Riley on Friday evening at Bargemusic in Brooklyn, members of the Voxare Quartet said they disagreed with the Minimalist label assigned to Mr. Riley. Music Review: Voxare Quartet Plays Terry Riley Works at Bargemusic 2010-07-25T23:55:00Z

As you stumble and stutter your way through his multi-layered compositions, momentum shifts and you’re off and running, your imagination flying through abstract spaces with no limits. What to see in L.A. galleries: Andrew Masullo's off-kilter world, plus Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

The scene is earnest to the point of condescension, but the piece Morricone wrote for it — called “Gabriel’s Oboe” — became one of his most enduring compositions. Perspective | Ennio Morricone wrote the perfect soundtrack for a time when we miss movies more than ever 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

Pianist David White will introduce his own Piano Trio, a new composition, with Onyx partners Meg Brennand on cello and James Garlick on violin. Onyx Chamber Players to cap season with Britten, Ives, world premiere 2012-06-21T20:25:07Z

While his compositions may have reflected a Midwestern Quaker conservatism, Mr. Rorem’s personal life was for many years a marvel of excess. Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Forty years ago, she had her first major chart crossover hit with the Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil composition “Here You Come Again,” while 1978 found her belting out the disco-inspired hit “Baby I’m Burning.” What every woman in music owes Dolly Parton 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

Cute harp seals are neatly woven into the compositions, suggesting the wild disparities of social media feeds, and one painting roughly mimics the composition of Picasso’s “Demoiselles,” with its shifting, jarring perspectives and distorted figures. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

After studying composition at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music, she began playing in clubs in downtown Manhattan, including the SideWalk Café and the Knitting Factory, and in 2003 self-released the album “Soviet Kitsch.” Regina Spektor Tunes Up for Broadway 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Saturated washes whorl into psychedelic compositions, as if seen through a fugue state. It Was Their Big Debut. Then a Pandemic Hit. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Antoine’s talent is reading his subjects and getting the exposure and composition correct on the fly, in traffic, with a manual camera. Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

The re-creation of Amsterdam in the Golden Age is credible, the sweeping camera moves look like a great workout, and the compositions suggest someone studied Vermeer. Review: ‘Tulip Fever’ Delivers a Wilted Period Piece 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

It turned out that he was born in Oklahoma City in 1914 and spent three years at the Tuskegee Institute, where he studied music and composition. Interview: Ralph Ellison 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

In 1913 Duchamp had collaborated with his sisters on a composition called Musical Erratum, the notes of which they had drawn from a hat. As if by chance 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z

In a palette of chartreuse, ocher, cinnamon and gamboge, Ito overlaid uncommon shapes, such as a rectangle rounded and pinched at the top like a loaf of Wonder Bread, into compositions of preternatural calm. 10 Galleries to Visit Now Around SoHo and TriBeCa 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Christian Sands began playing the piano at age 3, and by 5 he was writing his own compositions. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

The simple composition, conceived in 1960, cleverly embraces the three-dimensional space of all the cardinal directions. The exhibition that has art fans in a fury: Our critic's take on MOCA's Carl Andre retrospective 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Chronology of composition has nothing to do with it. Proms 9, 10, 12 ,13: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Cadogan Hall Proms; Falstaff – review 2012-07-28T23:06:25Z

Experienced improvisers will look at the materials, and then they will develop those materials in the same way you would do if you were writing the composition. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Most impressive of yMusic was the group’s multifaceted supplements to Folds’ compositions, with three of the musicians balancing two instruments per track. Ben Folds and yMusic play chamber pop at the Greek Theatre 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

White dots also pop from the orderly yet gently eccentric “Share,” a typically mesmerizing composition by Simon Gouverneur, one of two artists of color in the show. In the galleries: Showcasing an artist’s exploration and influence 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

The film’s visual style is precise, unassuming to the point of seeming invisibility and in the service of the characters, with compositions that remain unfussy and uncluttered, even when the rooms are busy. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

His own compositions, however, stand closer to the world of jazz and pop, so that his concerto was an appropriate vehicle for former principal cellist Joshua Roman, who has been carving out a crossover career. Morlot debuts with charisma, substance 2011-09-18T18:59:45Z

It will feature an electronic composition and corresponding projections, on both the floor and on a 48-foot-high wall that will be installed in the middle of the Drill Hall. A Stage as Big as All Outdoors but Without Rain 2010-09-26T21:35:00Z

“If you were Philip Glass, you could do a composition on this,” said my tour guide, Adrian Benepe, the city parks commissioner, as he hit “slap” pipes, metal tubes with open ends. Science and Secrets in City Playgrounds 2011-04-14T22:10:38Z

There are the familiar rectilinear shots and compositions with letters and drawings suddenly filling the screen like courtroom exhibits. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z

Cale spent much of the pandemic holed up in his studio, and he estimates that he’s written around 80 new compositions in the past few years. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

While a frantic Leroy Anderson orchestral composition played in the background, Mr. Lewis recreated a famous bit in which he appears to pound away at an invisible typewriter. Jerry Lewis Holds Sway at the Friars Club 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

One particularly successful orchestral composition was “Gaia,” a major work that debuted in 2013. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

He got them to proceed very slowly, working up their drawings from memory rather than direct observation, with small marks and adjustments, always remaining acutely sensitive to the composition as a whole. Review | Artist Hyman Bloom’s body of work is revered. And the bodies are cadavers. 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

Other Bessie categories include outstanding revived work, outstanding production, outstanding performer, outstanding visual design and outstanding composition or sound design. ArtsBeat: Darrell Jones and Joanna Kotze Win Bessie Awards for Choreography 2013-07-17T22:00:35Z

The doctorate in opera composition is a joint initiative with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Royal Opera House reveals new season on eve of chief executive's departure 2013-01-10T18:56:20Z

As a tribute, Evans wrote “Re: Person I Knew,” a composition whose title is an anagram of Mr. Keepnews’s name. Orrin Keepnews, Jazz Producer and Record Executive, Is Dead at 91 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

He was the polar opposite of Mr. Babbitt, who pursued composition almost as a science and did not expect the public to comprehend what he and his colleagues were up to. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z

But in coaxing out dreamier, almost Impressionist undercurrents, he seemed intent on connecting this early work with Carter’s second landmark piano composition, “Night Fantasies,” completed in 1980. Music Review: Taka Kigawa, Playing Carter and Zorn at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-08-28T21:38:52Z

Field was never one for traditional guitar-based rock arrangements, opting instead to forge complex swirling compositions the old fashioned way – with all ten fingers. You Must Hear This! Fields’ debut album 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

“Taking mutable logics and changing it into stable logics. Improvisation becomes composition. Composition becomes improvisation.” Anthony Braxton Composes Together Past, Present and Future 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

A new exhibition at the Denver Art Museum focuses on a single subject, floral still-life paintings, and shows how the artists breathed unexpected life into a simple composition. Discover Floral Masterpieces from the Age of Impressionism at the Denver Art Museum 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

“Walk on the Wild Side” is the kind of four-minute composition that transforms culture. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Bonovitz said Mr. Pierce’s “extraordinary range of subject matter, brilliance in composition and carving, and very direct presentation” were what appeal to him, adding, “What you see is what you get.” Elijah Pierce, Outsider Artist, Finds a Spotlight at the Right Time 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

That version does little to elevate what is a fairly meek composition from early in his career, but it does make for potentially enticing color combinations and contrasts. Review: Boston Symphony Chamber Players Balance Acoustics and Expression 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Holst's boisterous Somerset Rhapsody revealed the wellsprings of an entire school of composition in the generous resources of English folk song. BBCCO/Hazlewood – review 2013-02-26T18:16:33Z

Yet even there, the ethnic aisle persists, and its composition often perplexes her. Why Do American Grocery Stores Still Have an Ethnic Aisle? 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Auerbach gets here by painting, repainting, repainting; by scraping off earlier versions of the composition dozens, if not hundreds, of times. The Gloopy Glory of Frank Auerbach’s Portraits 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Bygraves performed beloved songs like “You’re a Pink Tooth Brush,” “What Noise Annoys an Oyster” and his own composition “You Need Hands.” Max Bygraves, Jovial British Entertainer, Is Dead at 89 2012-09-08T22:15:06Z

Lari Pittman’s career as a painter has been as steady as his compositions are vibrant and urgent. The Many Layers of Lari Pittman 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

It’s worth noting Mr. Serra’s titular dedication to Cage, the avant-garde musician whose most famous composition, for piano, “4’33”,” consists of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence. Richard Serra’s Steel Behemoths Get Into Your Head 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

He also resumed his studies, taking courses in flute and composition at Wayne State University and later studying oboe as well. Yusef Lateef, Innovative Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist, Dies at 93 2013-12-24T19:55:27Z

Desyatnikov also incorporated hints of Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and turned the composition into a work for solo violin and orchestra. Two to tango: Beethoven and Astor Piazzolla share SSO bill 2012-12-27T21:21:56Z

About half of the appetizers are crudo compositions, and the “ocean to table” category of entrees presents a changing roster of half a dozen kinds of fresh fish. 2009-12-31T18:01:00Z

Packing loads of information into stark symbols and iconic compositions, the L.A. painter creates point-blank images whose elusiveness intensifies their emotional resonance. What do you see? The curious allure of Linda Stark's playful imagery 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z

It’s probably one of his most free compositions. Musicians Discuss the Influence of Pierre Boulez 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

An idiom is a word or phrase that has a meaning different from the composition of its parts, like "kick the bucket." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Beilman played beautifully throughout the second half of the program, which featured four of Kreisler’s compositions for violin and piano and one arrangement. Review: Benjamin Beilman Goes Beyond His Violin Bonbons 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Church vocal traditions, said Liuba Morozova, a music critic and the artistic director of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, helped in uniting Ukrainian composition under a national banner in the early 20th century. When Ukrainian Music Wasn’t Under Threat, It Thrived 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Far more important was fellow Canadian Paul Bley, whose notion of improvisation as “composition in real time” is evident in both her playing and Taborn’s. Experimentalists take center stage at Earshot Jazz Festival 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

His choral compositions and published arrangements of Christmas carols are sung by choirs around the world. Sir David Willcocks, Conductor Who Influenced British Choral Music, Dies at 95 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Degas returned repeatedly to this composition — the dark pit in the lower half, the colorful stage above. Review | Degas had a gift for conveying the truth — even when he was making it all up 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Packed with more extras than a new “Transformers” DVD, it’s a look back at “Maus” and its complicated composition and reception. Books of The Times: ?MetaMaus? by Art Spiegelman - Review 2011-10-12T21:57:21Z

Had there been a jazz composition in 9/8 before? The best of Dave Brubeck – in video clips 2012-12-06T11:38:57Z

Two years later, she enrolled in composition at the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco, while also pursuing her interests in painting and film. Olga Neuwirth Maintains Eclectic Path in Her Music 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

The next day we played music together for hours, creating new compositions. Experience: we fell in love without speaking 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The 15 songs below are just some of Mr. Berry’s greatest compositions and recordings. 15 Essential Chuck Berry Songs 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Sorey’s ability to devise lengthy, spontaneous improvisations with the tautness and logic of a composition was on display last month during a residency at the Stone, in the East Village. Is It Jazz? Improvisation? Tyshawn Sorey Is Obliterating the Lines 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

This brought larger, more flowing rhythms to her compositions and a more palpable sense of her physical presence. Joan Mitchell: A Painter at Her Peak 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

A woman on the assembly line looks on beneficently as boxes charge diagonally across the composition. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

They are brilliantly shot, with rectilinear framings and compositions and some tremendously engaging sight gags. Film review: The Time That Remains 2010-05-27T21:25:00Z

Women fill composition classes in conservatoires as never before. Notes from the musical margins 2011-03-13T00:04:00Z

“Growing up in Iran, I was actively discouraged from pursuing composition, and I never got to know a female composer as a mentor,” she told the web magazine I Care If You Listen last year. The Week in Arts: Dancing Around Graves, Beach Read Flicks and ‘GLOW’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Painted in rusty brown, black and white, the 1949 composition reflects European influence. Auctions: Fortune Smiles on Abstract Art 2011-11-10T12:00:07Z

The body of a sniper’s victim is carefully posed, the blood a striking splash of color in a studiously earth-toned composition. Movie Review: ‘Twice Born’ Stars Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch 2013-12-05T22:27:14Z

In these compositions the main ensemble is divided into subgroups, each of which is given a distinct set of movements. Elliott Carter, Composer of the Avant-Garde, Dies at 103 2012-11-06T03:06:19Z

In “Daddy,” perhaps the saddest, most heartfelt composition in the group’s career, Martin presses his case even further and illustrates the melancholy of family dissolution and despair. Coldplay attacks social and political unrest with hope on "Everyday Life" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

Another example of Mr. Lerdahl’s spiral methods of composition, it was inspired by Gothic cathedrals, and the haunting opening cello solo, played against bell-like echoes from the percussion, does indeed evoke an expansive cathedral setting. Music Review: Spiral Form and Other Compositional Modes of Fred Lerdahl 2010-11-21T22:53:00Z

The director, first of all, is responsible for the essential aspects of the composition of images but does far more. Martin Scorsese Avenges the Auteur 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

For this performance, Ms. Hughes revisits the repertoire from her 2011 album, “Afterlife Music Radio,” a solo cello recording on which she plays compositions written specifically for her by musician friends. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The composition of the musician in black against the white background leading up to the burst of color and design was Sunday brunch for the eyes. Letters: On art and religion 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z

The interaction between soloist and group is especially impressive — as composition but also as emotional expression, touching on pain. ‘ETM: The Initial Approach,’ Debuts at Jacob’s Pillow 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

On those records Ms. Holter’s grounding in avant-garde classical composition melds seamlessly with her knack for spinning memorable pop hooks. Music Review: Sarah Cahill and Julia Holter at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-03-08T00:17:18Z

The works being performed include compositions inmates helped compose. Chicago Symphony Orchestra to play behind bars 2013-04-14T20:01:05Z

Before that, I was more interested in composition. Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

In this “Live From Lincoln Center” presentation, the Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs a love letter to New York, his adoptive home, with compositions that helped make the city famous. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’ and ‘Lang Lang’s New York Rhapsody’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

The fact that the jury composition this year became so talked-about in the industry highlighted the discrepancies, she said. Sexism in film industry hinders women: Cannes jury head Campion 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

She, the message said, had finished composing her first classical composition. For Joan Armatrading, Classical Music Is Just Another Genre 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z

Here are the experiments of a man who inspired his friends Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, and whose compositions can be understood as sculpture.• Toulouse-Lautrec, Mantegna and Therrien ? the week in art 2011-08-19T08:00:00Z

When people talk about TV or movies as visual medium, they’re usually referring to pretty pictures or striking compositions. ‘Succession’ Season 4, Episode 9 Recap: Dearly Departed 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

Ruskin wrote that composition is the arrangement of unequal things. ‘Canada,’ by Richard Ford 2012-06-08T22:57:16Z

The first composition on the bill, Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, was written in 1728. Century-bending works and wine at SSO this weekend 2011-10-27T20:18:05Z

And there are handsome reproductions of Bellows’s work in its many aspects, from his famous oil compositions of boxers to lesser-known charcoal streetscapes and loving portraits of his family. Children's Books: ‘George Bellows,’ by Robert Burleigh 2012-07-04T15:00:00Z

Both directors favor an unblinking shooting style, with wide shots, minimal camera movements and off-kilter compositions that combine to create a dreamy, anxious mood. Movie Review: ?Attenberg? Is Athina Rachel Tsangari?s Debut Feature 2012-03-09T00:17:23Z

Strom shrugged off her blindness as a “nuisance more than anything,” and used her mind’s eye as the basis for her compositions. Pauline Anna Strom’s posthumous album cements her legacy as an electronic music visionary 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Yet its tart composition, our view from the outside, the scintillating tactility of the blade scraping away the soap, remind us that the medium doesn’t matter. Computers and Painting’s Identity Crisis 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z

It’s a tribute to Nisenbaum’s generosity — and to her skills with composition — that it all inhabits a single room in harmony. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

A large photograph by Rick Ashley draws us in with its balanced composition and lush darks and lights. At Tacoma Art Museum, portraits that reach out and touch you 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Silberstein performs here in celebration of a newly released fifth album, “The Village,” which features all original compositions. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Onscreen, this romance is intriguingly spooky but not entirely persuasive, partly because Skarsgård is playing a man whose emotional composition is forbidding terrain: stone and ice. “The Little Drummer Girl,” Reviewed: A Fever Dream of Glamourous Espionage 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

Nanni gives us a handsome classical figure whose head, regally perched atop the poised hexagonal mass of the composition, is a fine adaptation of ancient Roman portraiture. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Highly textured carpets and fabrics, most of them keeping to a warm, natural palette of browns, rusts, caramels, and creams, enrich the deftly imbricated compositions. Inside The Glamorous New York City Penthouse Of Kara And Stephen Ross 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Ms. Kim’s path to the podium began in Seoul, where, while studying composition, one of her teachers encouraged her to conduct. San Francisco Opera Names a New Conductor. She’s Making History. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Tapestries and rugs are on view at Keshishian, including one from the 1960s — formerly installed at a university in Tbilisi, Georgia — that features a psychedelic composition with sinuous sea nymphs and dolphins. The Winter Antiques Show Embraces the Evolving Definition of Antique 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Even as she performed music by Jelly Roll Morton and borrowed arranging styles from Don Redman, she created swing riffs that became the basis for compositions by Thelonious Monk and other modernists. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

“You play with other people’s works and use them as elements in your own composition.” Damien Hirst: From Artist to Curator 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

It is far from the first classical composition to enjoy a moment of sudden pop cultural relevance. Mahler’s Having a Moment. He’s Got Lydia Tár to Thank for It. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z

There are flashes of flamenco in her compositions, too, a genre she discovered as a teenager. Anna Calvi's orchestral manoeuvres 2011-01-13T22:19:01Z

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Philosophical nonsense 2012-05-25T11:28:27Z

Tesori credits the “inherent musicality” of Thompson’s language for guiding her through the composition process. ‘Blue’ is the opera on police violence that America needs to see, but can’t 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The composition of “On The Horizon” is evidence of further social changes. Friends No More? Jorge Pérez and Donald Trump 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

But in almost all of these cases, the scope of the alleged infringement is so minor, so generic, that it suggests that a basic element of composition is up for an ownership grab. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

Most of the ideas in Mr. Roney’s compositions began at the center of jazz’s mainstream language and cut a path outward, often by way of funk, hip-hop, pop, Brazilian or Afro-Caribbean music. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

Mostly, the piece shows his dazzling range of balletic invention and mastery of composition. Dance Review: Choreographer Works Magic With Latest Ballet 2013-12-20T13:13:20Z

In fact, part of that genius is reflected in the fact that his music can be covered in such different styles, each showing new facets of the composition. Paul McCartney, pals serenade Obamas at White House 2010-07-28T01:08:00Z

Some of the compositions were exciting and fresh; others did not particularly grab me. Music Review: Pianists Embracing the New 2011-05-25T21:52:25Z

Paganini also played godfather to two compositions for three violins — that, too, a surprisingly rare configuration. Music Review: Bargemusic Labor Day Festival Features Four Premieres 2013-08-30T23:22:02Z

The most interesting work among these hard-edge geometric compositions might be the interlocking X’s and squares by the veteran Finnish artist Paul Osipow. 3 Choice Museums and a Treat for Kids, No Subway Trips in Between 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

One of the artists she steered them to was Zhu Jinshi, the oldest of the show’s artists but still undiscovered when the Rubells met him; his signature style is to ladle paint on calligraphic compositions. Art Collectors Show Their Chinese Prizes 2013-12-10T22:23:02Z

In “The Agnew Clinic” he made the composition horizontal and the onlookers fully visible. Art Review: A Restored ?Gross Clinic? at Philadelphia Museum 2010-07-29T21:51:00Z

Then came a transitional phase during which Bradley started applying paint with a wide brush to dirty canvases whose footprints and paint drips were part of the composition. Joe Bradley Begins Again 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

Sometimes what follows is a larger version on paper, to see if the composition is working. An Artist at 100, Thinking Big but Starting Small 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

Here there is frequent underscoring — the sound design and original compositions are by Roc Lee — which gives the show a cinematic feel, emphasized by Zach Blane’s evocative lighting. ‘Remember This’ Review: Finding Strength Amid Moral Failure 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

She studied musical composition at Centenary College in Shreveport, La., but also trained as an instrumentalist and in 1957 moved to New York to study the cello at Juilliard. Nam June Paik’s Work at Asia Society 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

A Renaissance Man, And Many Eras Besides The conductor Pablo Heras-Casada, 34, has only recently begun engaging with the most popular classical music, having concentrated before on both early and contemporary compositions. An Imperiled Legacy 2012-08-03T18:41:18Z

But the key to Tomine’s fiction is the rage and fragility beneath the pristine compositions. New Work From Two Masters of the Graphic Novel 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Given his background, he is admittedly partial to composers’ piano compositions, which he discusses with subtle expertise. The Greatest Composers Ever 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Shearing’s most famous composition, “Lullaby of Birdland,” and his first hit, “September in the Rain,” were rendered with flawless grace. Music Review: Rossano Sportiello Pays Tribute to George Shearing 2013-06-16T21:32:51Z

“White Lotus” also earned five Creative Arts Emmys, which were presented on Labor Day weekend, in categories including music composition, casting and camera editing. ‘The White Lotus’ cleans up in the limited and anthology series category. 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

Their puckers and pleats convey the oceanic sweep of history, and his abstract compositions bristle with attention to trade, slavery, consumerism, and the environment. El Anatsui’s Monumental New Show Is an Act of Justice 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

The new composition by Mr. Abrams, called “Float Rumble Rest,” is an instrumental work a little longer than eight minutes long. ‘Float Rumble Rest,’ a Hometown Tribute to Ali 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The reputation of Leonard Manasseh and Partners took off in 1960 with the completion of Rutherford school in Marylebone, a strikingly sculptural geometrical composition with an assembly hall capped by a tall pyramid. Ian Baker obituary 2010-05-20T18:06:00Z

Some of the compositions pack more narrative than others, but even at their most abstract, the paintings convey a strong sense of nature’s ability to overwhelm and obliterate. Review | In the galleries: Images focus on the future of the planet 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

“He’s a wonderful person,” said the pianist and composer Eri Yamamoto, a Parker collaborator who plays an album’s worth of his solo piano compositions on the new set. The Irreducible William Parker 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

Famous for writing Intel's signature bong jingle, Werzowa was tasked with putting together a new kind of composition that would integrate what Beethoven left behind with what the AI would generate. How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z

Atwood’s style and complexion also brought to mind Dutch portrait painters such as Frans Hals, whose work Dukovic drew upon in plotting his picture’s composition. Behind the Portrait: Margaret Atwood 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

And it accurately depicts the distribution and composition of various types of galaxies. Video: Watch scientists' best computer model yet of universe 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z

Just look at the composition of the U.S. It's not just the Oscars: The Library of Congress fails women filmmakers, too 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Then they begin to dance, to one of the sweetest tunes in Leonard Bernstein’s ardent if patched-together composition. The Jerome Robbins revolution: He found his angels on the Manhattan streets 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

Somber, melancholy clouds align with the skies in the panels to complete his artistic composition. Nick Brandt's 'Inherit the Dust' photos track Africa's tragic urban sprawl 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The resulting interpretations are somehow both spare and lush, honoring the complexity of Sondheim’s compositions without, as the album’s producer, Allen Tate, put it, “trying to outthink” the original material. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

And the pianist Christian Sands, 28, a habitual McBride sideman, led his own slashing quartet, delivering airtight compositions and punctilious improvising. Newport Jazz Festival Begins a New Era, With History as a Guide 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

It's glaringly obvious: if girls are presented with examples of successful female creators in all genres, they might view composition as a viable profession for themselves. Why there are so few female composers 2012-02-08T19:15:59Z

The “Chant de Libération” score reveals that Honegger did write a rousingly patriotic composition in secret before the end of the German occupation. Unlocking the Mystery of Honegger 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z

She would have seen the image square in the viewfinder, and her composition within the square is unfailingly beautiful. Vivian Maier: lost art of an urban photographer 2013-06-25T09:15:33Z

If they wanted to give him an award based upon the lyrics, there is a poetry prize they award which has nothing to do with musical composition. Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Now in its 10th year, the festival is a prime showcase of contemporary classical musicians and compositions, and runs this year from Thursday through next Sunday. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z

His own compositions run toward an evocative style often described as cinematic — Mr. Collin maintains a sideline in film scoring — and distinguished by dark grandeur, dynamic swells and a chamberesque layering of texture. Review: ‘Press Enter,’ From the Pianist and Composer Romain Collin 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

It’s not surprising that writers, historically technophobic and requiring either sequestered mental space for composition or greater proximal awareness for gathering material, would recoil from smartphones. A Hardy Group Holds Out on Smartphones 2012-03-23T20:45:14Z

“Harmony’s work is based on classic compositions but his images are controversial and unbearable,” she says. | Harmony Korine and Rita Ackermann at the Swiss Institute 2010-12-02T15:06:00Z

A few other videos here function similarly, a comment about the way that the composition of a message can be more potent than the message itself. Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

That’s just one moment of many in which Greve displays a tight focus on arrangement and composition, with all the aesthetics at her disposal. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

December 6th and 10th: Meredith Monk’s “On Behalf of Nature,” at BAM, used song, dance, and instrumental composition to evoke the fragile immensity of the natural landscape. Ten Notable Performances and Recordings of 2014 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

In the context of his usual offhanded compositions and wayward framing, the formal self-consciousness of these circular shots is startling — as if Jean-Luc Godard had suddenly taken over an episode of the “Real Housewives” franchise. Video: Five Cult Horror Films by Jean Rollin, Remastered for DVD 2012-01-29T04:38:09Z

“So I just played it on my own in whatever way and that turned my interest to music composition. It wasn’t like I started it with any clear ideas or plans.” Toshi Ichiyanagi, Avant-Garde Composer and Pianist, Dies at 89 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Bart was an untrained tune savant, a latter-day Irving Berlin; if the songs are so hummable it’s probably because his composition method was built on humming them to an amanuensis. ‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

He compares it to his own private composition class. Robert Battle Finally Has His Steps in the Spotlight 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

And its narrator, subdued by the totality of his despair, may reappear in countless compositions as the silent, withdrawn hero. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

An epic festival for photography enthusiasts, with talks and workshops offering advice on composition, smartphone photography and making your own 'zine. This week's new events 2013-03-09T06:00:18Z

How many books by men versus women earn reviews in how many magazines, and how many awards do the books receive, and what are the gender compositions of the judging committees? One Year of #MeToo: “He Said, She Said” Is a Literary Problem, Too 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

The artist sometimes adapted his natural surroundings in Windham to improve his compositions on canvas, shifting hill contours and adding hollyhocks and other plants. Solving the Mystery of Ancient Ink Origins 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the ensemble's even more enticing draw may be their own compositions, which blend dreamy rhythmic tattoos with otherworldly tintinnabulations. Brooklyn-based So Percussion stops by Town Hall Seattle 2011-01-25T00:19:43Z

This book was clearly a trial for the author to write; she was frequently ill with dire symptoms caused by hormonal fluctuations during its composition. ‘Nine Pints’ Is a Brisk Biography of Blood 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

When Rachmaninoff fled the revolution and moved permanently to the United States in 1918, playing his own compositions added to the fame he had since his first tour in 1909. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

The Arlingtonian’s pictures emphasize the eeriness with compositions that are closer to abstraction rather than traditional landscape. In the galleries: ‘Strange Landscapes’ explores gardens of unearthly delights 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The centerpiece of his compositions is their harmony, resonant and migratory, usually fleshed out by strings. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The blended painted/chemical-porcelain composition of "Rock" is both bracing and disorienting. Review: At SAM, Cris Brodahl's work is striking in its methods, content 2010-12-23T21:29:08Z

A 1991 Guggenheim fellowship led to some of the earliest compositions of his that have been recorded: “Chamber Concerto No. 3” and “Prayer: In Memoriam Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” both from 1992. David Sanford’s Music Has Flown Under the Radar. It Shouldn’t. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

The new season presents the same operas and musical compositions it did in the old season.  Recycled Films and Bitsy Screens 2011-05-22T00:43:01Z

It’s a cheap dramatic device in a film abounding in lavish, shadowy interiors; meticulously formal, often symmetrical compositions; and grave, hushed pronouncements. ‘The Fatal Encounter,’ a Tale of the Joseon Dynasty 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

After 1994, Mr. Lieberson devoted all his time to composition, but his Buddhist practice remained a central theme in his work. Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64 2011-04-23T23:48:51Z

"His anatomy may sometimes be a bit rubbish, but overall the quality of his work is amazing – the delicacy of the colouring, the grandeur of the composition," says Paine. Greenwich's Painted Hall shipshape after restoration 2013-05-02T15:14:40Z

The Wes Anderson style – the lovingly curated music, the careful shot composition, the sharp costumes, the incessant references – is easy to copy; or rather, it seems as if it is. How the Wes Anderson aesthetic took over the world 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

You have to address the same issues of scale, selection, composition, proportion, and harmony when you’re making a graph as you do when you’re painting a picture. The Bump and the Hollow of Thomas Hart Benton 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Assigned the stilted libretto by his composition teacher, he wrote the 60-minute score in three weeks, including the orchestration. Review: Signs of Rebirth at New York City Opera 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

A man of vast and undiscriminating physical appetites, Parker could quote from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and planned to study composition with Edgard Varèse. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z

Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Rachmaninoff’s “Isle of the Dead” are among the most well known examples of compositions inspired by visual art. Review: Roman Rabinovich Brings Melody to His Art, at Walter Reade Theater 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

The flutist Claire Chase, 39, began her set earlier that night with a spellbinding extended composition for flute and electronics — darkened percussive sounds and splattering effects teasing her blustery flute from below and above. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

The record brought together a collection of compositions based outside the traditional 4/4 time feel so prevalent in jazz at the time, and which dominates pop to this day. Jamie Cullum: Dave Brubeck and me 2010-11-23T22:01:00Z

The painter's father specialised in astrolabes and clocks, and their motions are echoed in Barocci's compositions, with figures placed around the pictures like the numerals on a dial. Federico Barocci: divinity in the details 2013-02-16T09:01:00Z

He also edited the film, and his complex sense of audiovisual composition—textural, tonal, thematic, rhythmic, philosophical—is as original and as personal as his cinematography. “Black Mother,” Reviewed: Khalik Allah’s Deeply Personal Portrait of Jamaican Life 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

But Ms. Phillips is skeptical about how much gender composition on a board is a factor in hiring. Study Finds a Gender Gap at the Top Museums 2014-03-07T23:09:29Z

However, if you’re aiming for body composition changes — looking cut, for example — that takes much longer, he says. Falls are the most common cause of injury for seniors. Exercise can help. 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Classical composition is a thousand-year-old guild, and Wainwright is welcome to join. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Registrations of female players are up 15 percent compared to the composition of players who were joining the site before the series began, he said. How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Is Inspiring Women to Take Up Chess 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Carrick returned onstage for his composition “La Scène Miniature,” a work depicting the murder scene from Albert Camus’s “The Stranger.” Review | Either/Or gives focused, sometimes unforgiving performance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

For this band of local musicians, several of them current and former Howard students, Memorial Day weekend is time spent tuning up for another season of performing classic compositions for commuters. Driven mostly by Howard U. musicians, DuPont Brass hit its stride on D.C. streets

Its realism shows white colonizers preparing for an attack by natives, but the absurdist composition reveals the injustice of their cause. ‘Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century’ Review: Trying to Corral the Uncorralable 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

It’s both one unified composition and, in effect, a concept album. Seeing Through “A Love Supreme” to Find John Coltrane 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

And looking at them together — one a dynamic composition with pointed political undertones done by the artist at the peak of his powers, the other static, unconvincing and entirely tame — might be puzzling for some. My Grandfather Was a Famous Artist. He Also Made Greeting Cards. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

Having a device on hand to hear the compositions will enrich the reading experience. December paperback releases: 7 books to read now 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

The record closed with a showcase for James' most idiosyncratic talent: a stark, piano-based composition that only needed a few quietly-shifting chords to leave "Syro" with an air of melancholy and depth. Aphex Twin's 'Syro' lines up the faithful at Complex in Glendale 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Throughout his career, Jackson has continued to evolve, turning out pop, jazz, movie scores, and original classical compositions. Joe Jackson, Past, Present, and Fast Forward 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s so good at photographing the emotions of its lead character by using color, design and composition to help us see what she’s feeling. Five Influences on the Horror Film ‘Watcher’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Over the course of about an hour, the Bang on a Can All-Stars play Riley’s composition, expertly, on one side of the stage while the dancers do something equivalent all over it. Review: Sasha Waltz’s Action Painting Swirls to ‘In C’ 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

Though Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project have made valuable recordings in recent years, Foss’s compositions — varied, yet with a singular voice and a pervasive curiosity — are played all too rarely these days. Eight Ways of Looking at a Singular Composer 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

Ruskin says that composition is the arrangement of unequal things. Richard Ford on the Drama of Adolescence 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

But either way, do listen to minimalist Riley's haunting composition for piano tuned in "just intonation". Readers recommend: discordant songs ? the results 2011-02-10T17:22:20Z

Frank V. Ross wrote and directed this slice of Midwestern mumblecore in a style — overlapping dialogue, off-center compositions, a jumpy, disconnected narrative — that suggests Robert Altman without any of Altman’s instincts for character and poetry. | 'Audrey the Trainwreck': A Slice of Midwestern Mumblecore 2010-07-22T23:34:00Z

A few of her electric-hued, radiating compositions are mounted on wallpaper that she designed, alongside a ceramic chess set she made, showing her range beyond painting into craft and design. The Art Show at the Armory: Blue-Chip Brands Show Their Best 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Some might not immediately love Harry and Rupert Gregson-Williams' audacious composition for the very reason it works so well with the story. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Nor is this true only in musical composition. Why the “Blurred Lines” Verdict Should Be Thrown Out 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

Many of Wolfe’s compositions — another, an orchestral work called “Pretty,” will premiere at the Berlin Philharmonic next week, under its chief conductor, Kirill Petrenko, a Wolfe admirer — have had political themes. A Composer Shifts Her Focus to Climate, With Help From Children 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z

But they bring a new clarity to Mr. Grillo’s instinctive gifts for drawing and composition. Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

He painted a barnstorming composition of the martyrdom of the saints Processus and Martinian, whose nude bodies, splayed on the rack, bisect a deluge of torturers, mourners and angels. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

She marshals the tools the art form has put at her disposal — composition, color, text and image — to create a rhythm that plays with time itself. Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

She’s listed as a writer on all 14 songs, four of them solo compositions. Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs overcome obstacles 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Back then, while Carnegie Hall and the still-new Lincoln Center played it safe uptown, the minimalist composer Steve Reich was presenting his rhythmic, exacting compositions down at the Park Place Gallery, led by Paula Cooper. Camille Norment Explores New Sonic Terrains at Dia Chelsea 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

That's a positive thing, but on a more practical level some of the band's newer compositions stifled the momentum established by the band's trademark rousing dance anthems. Cut Copy cribs, but with good taste and better instincts 2011-04-09T13:22:00Z

The connections are there, the closer you listen: in instrumentation, in the compressed balance between composition and improvisation, in the spirit of revision. Arts & Leisure Preview: Ultimate Box of Jazz? Not Exactly 2011-03-17T17:46:52Z

And in the two most discombobulated portraits, Finley has overlaid two weightlifters, creating so much visual tension that his composition seems to be quivering. The stomach-churning, visceral power of Chris Finley's weightlifter portraits 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

“Watching the recreation of ‘Paquita’ allowed us to talk through the structure and composition of the work. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

At Iota, she made Bob Dylan’s “Isis” sound like one of her own longer, more conversational compositions. Lisa Said, a country singer of two countries, brings Eastern-tinged Americana to Iota 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

Ms. Steir allowed the random shower from each brush stroke to determine the composition without further intervention. Pat Steir Gets Discovered, Again 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

In that sense its content is well matched by its familiar dramaturgical and technological form: Mary merely monologues at the camera on her computer, with little variety of tone or composition. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

“Three Drums” contrasts the textures of live percussion and otherworldly synth gradients, resulting in a hypnotic composition that ebbs and flows like an ocean. Jack Harlow Goes Deep on Race and Rap, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

They each received a doctorate at the University of Michigan, she in anthropology, he in music composition as well as a master’s degree in the subject there. Their Book Club for Two 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

We talk of gardens as blank canvases; of priming, designing and composition; of paint put on with a trowel and gardens as living art. Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dal?, Magritte, Mir? and the Surrealists 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

For 23 years, this orchestra has given public run-throughs of brand-new compositions, an opportunity for young artists to gain experience working with a full symphonic ensemble. NY Phil Biennial Provides Showcase for Emerging Composers 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

Lessons from that immersion have always been apparent in his own compositions. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

My answer to these challenges is to adopt dispersal as the form of the composition. The Score: In Berlin, Moved by Music, Place and Memory 2011-06-16T01:49:09Z

Hill’s quite personal compositions — “The Watcher” was inspired by his grandmother — had emotional as well as technical impact. Earshot Jazz Festival 2018 brings both the traditional and the eccentric 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

But the focal point was the Italian mezzo-soprano Cristina Zavalloni, whose dramatic delivery and delirious presence turned a compelling composition into a theatrical tour de force. Music Review: A New Scottish Concerto, Dressed Up and Dreamy 2011-03-03T21:49:11Z

Mr. Lees came to wide public attention in 1954, when his composition “Profile for Orchestra” was performed by the Symphony on a national radio broadcast. Benjamin Lees, Versatile Composer, Dies at 86 2010-06-04T05:51:00Z

And with at least one composition from each member of the quintet, “Magnetic” holds to Mr. Blanchard’s recent custom as a bandleader. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z

This is your first composition for film, and now you’re part of the Oscar race. | Q. & A.: Just a Man, Singing About a Muppet, Who's Singing About a Man 2011-12-12T15:00:39Z

What was very likely his best-known composition originated as a kind of postmodern commentary. David Baker, Who Helped Bring Jazz Studies Into the Academy, Dies at 84 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

He recalled meeting Stockhausen at a performance of one of his own compositions. 109 Players. 3 Conductors. It’s Even Harder Than It Sounds. 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

There were cityscapes seen from his tenement windows, and jazzy compositions based on verbal and visual puns. Art Review: Believing Is Seeing (Or, the Meat Of the Matter) 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z

While the weightless bubble unbalances the entire composition, the whole thing is held in check by the little scrap of white rag or handkerchief peaking from the boy's pocket. Manet: Portraying Life – review 2013-01-21T18:45:01Z

I tone the canvas with a raw earth-tone coat, and make shapes, then work my way down and lay out the shapes and composition. Mom’s a Corpse. Dad Looks Mad. At Least the Light Is Nice. 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z

A visionary composition on a series of spoken reflections about a literary work — itself full of layered free-association — Gee's intricate, prismatic film might sound as if it must be buried in abstraction. 'Patience (After Sebald)' evolves into its own incredible journey 2012-05-10T20:29:04Z

I wanted to do intimate, hand-held shots with Elisabeth but I also really wanted to do these formal compositions, so I would be mixing strict compositions with some verité-style shooting. Reed Morano on Directing the First Three Episodes of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

His compositions were expansive and majestic, but also a little testy and tense, as if messy eruption were imminent but being held at bay by beauty. David Axelrod, Music Producer Who Bridged Genres, Dies at 85 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Around two decades ago, a young generation of classical musicians emerged from conservatories and universities with a sense of dissatisfaction about the current landscape for contemporary composition. The Week in Arts: Martha Graham, ‘Ink’ and Let’s Eat Grandma 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z

He would have envied the scope of the achievement, the variety of the scenes and the harmony of the overall composition. Tuscany as Henry James Knew It 2010-06-24T20:43:00Z

The ousted track will not be replaced by another contender, leaving four compositions to compete for this year's award for best original song. Oscars: Best song nomination revoked 2014-01-30T09:14:39Z

There is 1960s optical art and 1970s stripes, the complex recursive scimitar, flame and sail shapes, and compound curves of the works from the last two decades, with their close-toned saturated colour and compacted compositions. Bridget Riley: paintings and related works 2010-11-22T21:31:00Z

In the case of Robbins, the program is a glorious trifecta: “Glass Pieces,” set to Philip Glass’s energizing composition; “Moves,” a mesmerizing ballet performed to silence; and “The Concert,” his delightful comic ballet. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

More revealingly, he speaks of the time of the score’s composition: the 1950s thaw in the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin, when people were “finally able to breath and laugh and smile.” Art, Music and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

He then worked with the clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Jimmy Giuffre, whose adventurous approach to both composition and improvisation had a lasting impact on Mr. Hall’s own music. Jim Hall, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 83 2013-12-11T03:50:57Z

This selection includes several charcoal-on-paper drawings to demonstrate that the artist’s compositions work in black-and-white. Review | In the galleries: Comic book artists show new dimensions 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

She yields to text the way a master violinist yields to a score, drawing out color that inheres in a composition but typically passes unnoticed. Lindsay Duncan finds her footing in 'A Delicate Balance' 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Considerable time was devoted to the composition of artworks in the booth; placing them is an art in itself. How a Dealer Prepares for the ‘Most Important’ Art Fair of the Year 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

Also, put the subject off-center for a more attractive composition.” Portrait-Perfect Gardens 2010-04-21T15:04:00Z

The University of Potsdam is also offering a Thursday-night series that includes lectures, readings of the king’s poetry, performances of his musical compositions, and even traditional potato-laden Prussian meals.  Heads Up: In Potsdam, Germany, a Time to Celebrate 2012-01-27T18:02:32Z

Played by Mr. Andsnes with clarity, eloquent lyricism and fearless bravura, Grieg’s familiar music, often milked to Romantic excess, emerged as an intricate, even daring composition. Best Classical Music of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The prize, awarded annually by the University of Louisville, is among the most prestigious international prizes for classical composition and carries a cash award of $100,000. ArtsBeat: Serbian-Born Composer Wins $100,000 Prize 2013-12-04T17:25:15Z

The staggered bell pattern that anchors many Ghanaian rhythms became a beacon amid the phased bongo cycles of Mr. Reich’s composition — an indigenous form cradling a modern one. A Servant of Rhythm From Ghana, in Texas 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The authors and publishers in question passed off existing compositions as new recordings or made minor adjustments to old songs, registering the rights under their own names or those of family members. Spanish TV channels may face the music as judge probes royalties fraud 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Since that book was published, the fiery pianist has dabbled in musicals and classical compositions, and spoken even more frankly about feminism and motherhood. 13 music memoirs we’d like to read in 2017 by women and artists of color 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

And the sound designer Kristian Eidnes Andersen, who also worked with Mr. von Trier on “Antichrist,” uses his understanding of music composition to bring those sounds to the height of emotional impact. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: The World-Ending Sounds of 'Melancholia' 2011-12-07T17:00:13Z

Copyright Amendments Act of 1992 passed to extend protection to older compositions. Music industry leader Frances Preston dies, age 83 2012-06-14T00:14:44Z

Some museums present music that relates to their collections: The concerts at the Freer/Sackler galleries feature Asian artists and compositions. The challenge of presenting ‘African American music’: First, define it. 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

Defying past and present received ideas of nationality and identity, these delicate abstract compositions resound as the work of an artist committed to his full liberty. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Around halfway through, this revival does feel like what it is: a 30-minute dance protracted to fill 55 minutes, a composition for 14 dancers here reworked for 8. Dance Review: Cage and Cunningham at the Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-03-23T22:31:25Z

“I just noticed that he was excited about being out in California,” says drummer Jack DeJohnette, who sat in with the group at the Hermosa Beach club on Morgan’s composition “Speedball.” Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

These days, the work is almost never performed, and there are very few compositions by women in the repertory of opera companies and symphony orchestras. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

But in college, when my advanced composition instructor revealed that I had a mere B+ at midterm, I was shocked and sobered. I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z

If you’ve read anything about Dickens, you’ve heard the critical commonplaces: his great sympathy for children, his angelic heroines, the way his serial composition lends itself so beautifully to television. Dickens Turns 200 This Year. We Will Blog His Ten Best Books 2012-01-20T14:00:32Z

Thompson’s formal range was wide, embracing painting, sculpture and electronic music composition. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

For Swift, it demonstrated that even though she was now a pop star, her compositions were still substantial enough to be taken seriously by one of Americana’s greatest songwriters. Judging albums by their cover (songs) 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Song for My Father,” probably his best-known composition, blended elements of bossa nova and the Afro-Portuguese music of the Cape Verde islands, where his father was born. Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

A primary consideration of such herbaceous compositions is the look of their progression through the growing season and beyond. How did this botanical garden grow? With the unlikely arrival of a rock-star designer. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

Time lapse compositions of moving stars and clouds pass too quickly to permit reverie. Review: Looking to the Stars, ‘Cielo’ Can’t Quite Form a Constellation 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

The compositions were written in collaboration with the racial-justice activist Bryan Stevenson, who will participate in the concert. Jazz at Lincoln Center Focuses on Music’s Role in Social Justice 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z

He also claimed to be working on an epic oral history of New York street life that filled 270 composition notebooks. Review: ‘Man in Profile’ Studies Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

A dozen of his limpid gouache renderings of Michigan houses, all masterly compositions of point, line and plane, show buildings broken into constituent walls, roofs, floors and columns. Knud Lonberg-Holm: ‘The Invisible Architect’ 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The Getty began with efforts to survey and scientifically understand the material composition of the grotto paintings and the myriad threats to their survival — from sand intrusion to high humidity levels. Getty Institute helps save China's Mogao Grottoes from tourism's impact 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

Recent prices of Spot prints range from $3,500 to more than $50,000, depending on the date, composition and edition. Inside Art: Whitney and Storm King to Share a David Smith 2012-01-05T22:13:39Z

"Cat Eyes," 6 feet high by more than 9 feet wide and assembled from three canvases of different sizes, is a masterwork of coordinated color, opacity, translucence, scale, shape, brushwork, composition and construction. Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel's 'Peaceable Fruit' ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

At its best, large-ensemble jazz composition retains the whirling kinetics that defined the original big bands. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

Boughs emerge from the top in most of the compositions, which emphasizes the direction of the painter’s gaze. Review | In the galleries: A stylish mash-up of Japanese genres and African culture 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

His duet with Leigh Lijoi is a composition of arches, dovetailing wings and encircling arms that link like jewelry. Dance Review: Lar Lubovitch Dance at the Baryshnikov Center - Review 2011-11-11T23:29:30Z

But unless body composition is a sign of other health problems, such as obesity, you’re probably not going to die of it. This anxiety-inducing fitness test purports to tell you how long you’ll live. We investigated. 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

The recently announced fall schedule includes compositions by Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn, among others. Lunchtime in London: Great Composers at St. James's 2010-08-29T10:00:00Z

The lab — which will include composition lessons, performance and recording opportunities, and access to a professional network of musicians — recently announced its first three fellows for 2016–17. To Help Women in Opera, Several Institutions Arise 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

The composition for chorus and full orchestra — complete with a conductor in tails highlighted by a spotlight on stage — is Western. Arts Playground Sprouts in China 2010-08-03T14:27:00Z

After moving back to California in the 1970s, he received a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Southern California and a master’s and a doctorate, in music composition and theory, from U.C.L.A. James Horner, Whose Soaring Film Scores Included ‘Titanic,’ Dies at 61 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

She plays here in support of a new album, “Crossing Borders,” which mixes classic repertory with original compositions and features an expert band. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

An unforgettable tune, hung loosely upon chord changes that originated in a George Gershwin composition but are adapted here and restructured, turned sideways and adorned with a rockslide of rhythmic melody. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

Right from the beginning, a constant trope of these sessions appears, which is Dylan coming up with cursory or, more commonly, surrealistic titles for his compositions. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

"Isol's great talent as a picture book author is apparent in the overall experience created by the dramatic composition, the choice of colours and the intensity of the drawn line," said the announcement. Argentinian illustrator Isol wins Astrid Lindgren award 2013-03-26T13:03:35Z

William Friedkin, the director of “The French Connection,” contends that he can tell a Fleming film from the beauty of his compositions and staging: “the way the characters are brought together or kept apart.” Film: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Camera 2010-02-27T03:00:00Z

Walker offers insightful comments on some of his most important compositions with their pianistic innovations and expressive elegance. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

They thought like studio filmmakers, constructing images—anywhere—with the sort of ideas about composition that they derived from filmmakers working in studios. The Book That Reinvented Hitchcock 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

I wanted to portray the civilians' daily life in war with this composition. The Syrian conflict: a war photographer's story 2012-12-14T10:30:00Z

The components are hard yet are forged into compositions whose curves suggest cresting waves and germinating plants. Review | In the galleries: Noelle K. Tan’s photos develop interest with obscurity 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

They have simply chosen to not use a more complicated type of composition for their songs, much like Keith Haring decided that his signature artworks would feature stick figures. Power chords and Pollock: Art history and a theoretical superstructure of punk 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

And both pieces go beyond traditional portraiture to offer compositions of complexity. Prado Pairs 'Las Meninas' With American Masterpiece 2010-04-07T10:02:00Z

Its eclectic composition of different groups and cultures makes it a difficult city to define, but for many, it’s a city that represents possibility. Mumbai, a City Both Uplifting and Heartbreaking 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

His stories are uncontaminated by principles of composition, or even by respectable generalities touching on how sentences ought to be made. One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

A wallow in some prelapsarian idyll this is not – Janáček confronts the reality of his feelings and the impossibility of their physical realisation with an intensity that is still shocking, 85 years after its composition. Heart strings 2013-02-14T15:21:00Z

Ms. Lee was born in Korea, studied composition and improvisation at music schools in Boston, and moved to New York in 2000, eventually playing with all kinds of improvisers, musical or otherwise. Review: The Cellist Okkyung Lee Tests Extended Technique’s Boundaries 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

And you'll find a bar of soap on the way out to wash your mouth out with … Is he working on his own composition? Wallace: 'I have a feeling Gromit has a hankering to be a composer himself' 2012-07-26T19:30:01Z

One way to mitigate this disconnect is to venture into the realm of acousmatic composition — since those performances use speakers rather than live instrumentation. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

"Sometimes too he'd be working on one form, and it would migrate to another composition." Form and color meet in Matisse's joyous cutouts 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z

And there’s one composition apiece by the older jazz pianists James Williams and Donald Brown, who both preceded Mr. Keezer in the Jazz Messengers, and have had an influence on his style. New Music: Skylar Grey, Okkyung Lee and Geoffrey Keezer on New Releases 2013-07-08T21:37:49Z

The “act of composition,” Mr. Shepherd has said, “is a visual one.” Music Review: Contact! ? Philharmonic New-Music Series at Symphony Space 2010-04-18T22:58:00Z

Their sensitive compositions and muted emotions sometimes seem almost comforting, as if the pictures depicted a smaller, more manageable tragedy from another time. Critic?s Notebook: 9/11 Exhibitions Rekindle Grief in 3 Ways 2011-09-10T00:00:13Z

Wagner temporarily halted his composition of after completing the second act to write Tristan. With Siegfried at last 2011-07-15T21:54:02Z

Mr. Fincher’s compositions, camera work and cutting are, as always, superbly controlled. Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

The trio improvised, but on the basis of nine new compositions by Coleman that they had rehearsed. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

The riverside view is characterized by a boldness in the composition and a vigor in the brushwork that make Caillebotte stand apart in the Impressionist movement. Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

While the record was certainly critically-acclaimed, it wasn’t the original compositions his fans so longed for. The Story Of How James Taylor's First Album Of New Music In 13 Years Was Finally Written 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

No current-day experts are needed to establish the core ideas of the Cunningham aesthetic, from the use of chance in composition to the independence of dance and music. ‘Cunningham’ Review: Exploring Space, Time and Dance in 3-D 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

The three skyscapes are knockouts, each of their hovering clouds aglow with unnatural beauty and arranged in a composition that is too orderly to be organic. Aaron Morse at Acme: Paintings of sublime worlds gone wrong 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

As the title indicates, the composition in question is a requiem Mass – decidedly an ambitious undertaking for a woman of 17. Review: In ‘Her Requiem,’ a Gifted Daughter and Her Two Warring Parents 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

That audience remains presumably largely unaware of Ms. Spiegel, who went on to develop Music Mouse, a composition program for early Apple computers, and who has quietly continued to create engrossing pieces with digital synthesis. Rediscovering the Electronic Music Godmothers 2012-11-25T00:50:05Z

She said that in terms of composition, scale and condition, this 1961 work was “one of the most desirable Magritte paintings to come to auction.” Magritte Sets Record With $79.7 Million Sale at Sotheby’s 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

In a field with a minuscule number of black performers, it prides itself on the racial composition of its players, staff and board, with roughly half representing minorities. At a Chicago Orchestra, Diversity Is on the Program 2010-08-06T19:35:00Z

This is feeling leavened by a great mastery of form, a concentrated use of composition and cutting that moves the psychological drama toward spiritual issues. DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z

Carrington produced Benjamin’s new album, tweaking compositions while adhering to the saxophonist’s own vision for the LP. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

Like with Mr. Wolff’s compositions, and maybe even like “4’33”” too, the Combine wasn’t something he could do alone. From Silence to Noise: Rauschenberg’s Influence on Music 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

JNR Robin Gibb was too ill to attend the April premiere of his monumental final composition, so it is shown here as a kind of epitaph to the modest, talented former Bee Gee. TV highlights 04/01/2013 2013-01-03T20:00:01Z

He’ll be performing solo, playing some of his own compositions and recontextualizing others, with the music being recorded for a forthcoming album. Jazz Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

Whatever the medium, his compositions share the same somber, moody and sometimes melancholy disposition. Composer Max Richter's project designed to lull listeners to 'Sleep' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z

That’s the secret of his power, as is the menace implied by his lanky frame, which he sometimes seems to bend to fit into Fuller’s beautifully composed widescreen compositions. The Week Ahead: Aug. 21 ? 27 2011-08-19T19:54:02Z

Ibn Ali cut “Metaphysics” the same year Roach released “The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan,” which featured seven compositions by the pianist. The Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali’s Lone Album Arrives, 56 Years Later 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

In addition, the pictures are often artless, with clumsy composition, skewed angles and weak lighting. Me, my selfies and I: A perspective shift on what otherwise looks like just ego

Pauline Jakobsberg’s paper shirt hangs on a metal hanger that intrudes into the composition, partly separating background from simulated garment. Review | In the galleries: Artists, too, might someday be replaced by machines 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

For a few years starting in 1973, Mr. Hamlisch spent practically as much time accepting awards for his compositions as he did writing them. Marvin Hamlisch, Composer, Dies at 68 2012-08-07T20:00:07Z

Nothing here is seriously original — nothing here is serious — but the sheer professional skill of the dance compositions and the rich energy with which they are put across are irresistible. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

"Media Vita," says Powell, "is one of the largest pieces in Renaissance composition," an endurance test for singers at 22 to 24 minutes. Group devoted to Byzantine works reaches West with Sept. 11 concert in Seattle 2010-09-10T04:01:00Z

Sudden Movements and Lyrical Leaps When the composer and dance composition teacher Louis Horst first suggested that Anna Sokolow choreograph a dance to Alban Berg’s “Lyric Suite,” she was against the idea. Dance Review: Sokolow Theater/Dance at Theater at the 14th Street Y 2012-12-07T23:02:39Z

“Fania made musical art, and that is different from doing music to sell. That’s why it has endured, for the quality of the sound, the compositions, the rhythm,” she said. Fania Records celebrates 50th anniversary 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

The song with the two lovers was a swell piece of composition. What Did Stephen Sondheim Really Think of ‘Rent’? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

Yet despite the work’s complex composition, all these elements seem to occupy the same flat plane. The Museum Is Closed? These Paintings Have a Digital Life 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

George Harrison purchased an oversized early Moog, which the Beatles used to color multiple tracks on their 1969 album, “Abbey Road,” including “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” and Harrison's composition “Here Comes the Sun.” Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Hearing Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” sparked Mr. Johnson’s interest in modern classical composition. Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

Bach's B Minor Mass. It incorporates all styles of composition, and it's intellectual and emotional. Andreas Scholl, countertenor – portrait of the artist 2013-03-19T19:30:00Z

Schumann’s wife, Clara, was blunter in private, calling Liszt’s compositions tasteless and “a chaos of dissonances.” Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z

But when pushed, he would often point to his formidable, intricately constructed compositions. ‘It Needs You’: The Human Side to Boulez’s Demanding Music 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

Sophisticates, on the other hand, are supposed to attend to more or less abstract aspects like composition, color and style, without regard for subject matter or superficial feats of technique. Art Review: Sophisticates? Sketchbooks 2011-05-26T22:23:15Z

She merged the images into a stacked composition that captures the dynamism of the city and plays with proportion and scale. Art That Might Make You Want to Go to La Guardia 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

Kronstadt’s ruling on Thursday noted the similarity of various hooks in both songs, bass lines, keyboard parts, vocal lines and elements of both songs’ melodic and harmonic composition. Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams lose first round in 'Blurred Lines' case 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

Fragonard’s composition ties in with a French tradition that goes back to Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain, who also borrowed themes from antiquity. Art Review: At the Louvre, Vivid and Varied Imaginings of Antiquity 2010-12-03T16:11:00Z

As a composer, Mr. Baker wrote blues-based jazz tunes, symphonic works and compositions blending the two styles. David Baker, jazz scholar, composer and conductor, dies at 84 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

It is widely assumed that Boulanger consciously renounced composition after her sister died in order to champion Lili’s music and focus on teaching. She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to concentrate on land composition and vanishing biodiversity amid the barrage of bizarre visual effects and histrionic music. ‘Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet’ Review: A Dire Warning 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

She just released “12 Little Spells,” an album of high-flown, prolix compositions, performed with an electrified ensemble. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

In proclaiming “the emancipation of the dissonance” in a 1926 essay, Arnold Schoenberg meant to justify in historical terms his move from functional harmony toward free atonality and, ultimately, a new 12-tone system of composition. Music Review: Re:sonance at the Austrian Cultural Forum - Review 2012-01-13T23:37:14Z

It’s a complex composition that feels completely impulsive and open-ended. Bush Tetras’ Defiant Return, and 10 More New Songs 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

That’s only one of the taut contradictions Ms. Ruple folds into the four large crisp compositions — frozen but vibrant — of this memorable solo presentation. A Striking Balance of New and Rediscovered at the Independent Fair 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Then Mr. Ratmansky presents a composite trio of works to separate compositions by Shostakovich for American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 31. Three Stars of World Dance Traditions Converge on New York 2012-09-09T04:55:01Z

The writer and director Jared Frieder adorns their courtship with pretty compositions — whoever saw a doctor’s office with walls painted in such a pleasant ocean blue? ‘Three Months’ Review: A Refreshing Film Treatment of H.I.V. 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

The slower compositions on this bracing album of Mr. Mincek’s music are just as fine. The 25 Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

Redolent at times of Low and Cowboy Junkies, but most often of Throwing Muses, the band's Through Low Light And Trees is slight but strong, the bones of the compositions reassuringly close to the surface. This week's new live music 2011-01-15T00:05:57Z

Some academics have claimed his paintings use traditional perspective composition, and he may just have been extremely good at recreating light effects. Girl with a Pearl Earring: plenty of style, but not a whole lot of substance 2013-07-25T09:21:38Z

It is interesting to see him now posing his participants in compositions that refer to the work of another artist and at sites that are far from obviously noteworthy. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-02T23:06:00Z

Despite the seemingly simple compositions, fast looking doesn’t do justice to these paintings. Milton Resnick Exhibition at Mana Contemporary 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

But the temporal element of cinema makes the compositions feel mannered and overly posed. ‘Gods of Mexico’ Review: A Portrait of Indigenous Residents 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

The technique, also known as serialism, entails using all 12 notes of the Western chromatic scale in rigidly equal proportion throughout a composition. Robert Craft, Stravinsky Adviser and Steward, Dies at 92 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

Beyond being an outstanding record with exceptional writings and composition, it is also the greatest sounding record. Serge Gainsbourg, introduction to a provocateur 2011-09-02T20:20:00Z

To improve his keyboard skills at Curtis, he undertook composition studies. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

The composition is balanced, but not exactly in harmony, and none of the overlaps are quite what they seem. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

The Baltimore artist portrays the overwhelming nature of city life with color and composition, but also by propelling the image off the wall, across the floor and onto an adjacent divider. In the galleries: A personal look at a maker of monuments 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

While living in Rome as the recipient of a composition prize, he became intrigued by the historical layers of the ancient temple with its extraordinary concrete dome. Metal pipes, a cigar box and more feature in ambitious multimedia concert of Northwest composer Andy Akiho 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

When Andrew ever-so-slightly screws up in a rehearsal of Hank Levy’s “Whiplash,” a very complex composition with a 7/4 beat, Fletcher tosses a chair at him. Review: Whiplash Moves to the Beat of a Driven Drummer 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

That forced all of us to learn composition on an instrument foreign to us, which made it interesting and challenging.” ‘Celebrate World Music’ stretches composers’ boundaries 2013-03-21T20:35:13Z

She reaches to Black spirituals, original compositions, John Coltrane classics and Vedic devotional music. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rautavaara produced eight symphonies, seven operas, 14 concertos and dozens of other orchestral and vocal compositions. Einojuhani Rautavaara, acclaimed Finnish composer, dies at 87 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bloch, a Russian-born, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist, recently released “Heart Knows,” an album of original compositions with loose but deliberately plotted structures and an air of wistful beauty. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

But they retain the artist’s eye for found patterns and striking compositions. Review | In the galleries: A century apart, Khalil Gibran and contemporary artists explore questions of home and displacement at MEI Art Gallery 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

It is a rearrangement of Ponds, one of Biggi's most sought-after compositions, which has been featured on numerous films, TV series and commercials around the globe. November's best music from across the MAP 2012-11-15T09:00:00Z

At the Joyce, Mr. Bowers will play from a transcription of the recording, treating even Evans’s improvisational passages almost like a classical composition. BalletNext and Abraham.In.Motion Experiment With Jazz 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Upholding the “massive” part of that slogan is the New York premiere of a composition by the composer Henry Brant. ArtsBeat: Trumpet Festival Announces Its 11th Season 2013-07-30T17:31:40Z

Advertisement These aren’t the only classes in New York that incorporate composition into their lesson plans. In Each Child, an Inner Choreographer 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The pieces featured in the show often sport bold colors, and, in an echo of his musical compositions, alternate in the use of space. In Transit: The Art of Miles Davis, on Display in London 2010-12-01T11:00:00Z

Delacroix's brilliance was to subsume religious imagery within this secular composition. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The pianist Anat Fort’s compositions move with a rolling, languorous grace, allowing light to enter from different angles. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

I think the composition is beautiful, evocative of the intensity of birth. Alice Proujansky's best photograph – childbirth in the Dominican Republic 2013-03-27T17:30:38Z

The Indian tradition remained oral, each composition a gift from the guru to his pupil, and hereditary musical families still dominate classical music in south Asia. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z

When it was developed it was a thrill to discover that the composition was strong, and that the density between the white and black was good, too. Graham Nash's best photograph: Joni Mitchell listening to her new album 2013-04-10T18:00:00Z

“Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.” Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

That means especially confronting race, and looking at what happens to identity as society’s racial composition changes. Why America’s Political Divisions Will Only Get Worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Jordan astutely stopped for intermission here, for Wagner broke off composition of his “Ring” at exactly this spot, resuming 12 years later. A Wagner 'Ring' sampler: Short, but still so much to savor 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

Their efforts produced a unique Indo-Islamic painting style, and for a time the Deccan also set the standard for Persian poetry and was an important center of Arabic literacy and literary composition. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Gookin’s latest album — “Forward Music Project 1.0,” which comes out on Friday — adds to that momentum by presenting listeners with a fresh slate of compositions. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

He’s someone that I think I’ve looked at in terms of really making a very simple, beautiful composition. ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: ‘A Small Fire’ 2014-03-10T19:07:22Z

Unpacking his terse compositions in communion with the bassist Thomas Morgan and the drummer Gerald Cleaver, Mr. Taborn gives each oblique maneuver a purpose, and often a flicker of intrepid grace. Craig Taborn, Wayne Shorter and Bill Callahan Achieve 2013-12-13T18:35:06Z

Instead, the scientists separated the particles from the tissues to determine their composition and magnetic content, and then used the average size and magnetism of the particles to estimate the total number. Billions of air pollution particles found in hearts of city dwellers 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z

This song was included in Simpson’s collection “The Emancipation Car,” which he described as “an original composition of anti-slavery ballads; composed exclusively for the under ground rail road.” ‘Give the Children the Poems and Stories of Their Own People’ 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z

This week she was named a professor at Harvard University, where she will teach composition and performance. Esperanza Spalding Will Record ‘Exposure’ in Front of the World 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Out of all your compositions, “When I Paint My Masterpiece” has grown on me over the years. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

These elegant pictures pose fruit, flowers and small animals in compositions modeled on Dutch Golden Age paintings. Galleries: ‘Alive and Present, ‘Enduring’

A curated selection of artists performs for us for free in exchange for room and board, as well as time for practice and composition. Finding real summer deals in the deluxe Swiss ski resort of St. Moritz 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

One of Scott Walker's earliest recorded compositions, it was released as a solo track while he was still in the Walker Brothers and before his great series of solo albums, Scott 1 to 4. Readers recommend: Mr and Mrs songs ? results 2011-04-07T11:23:48Z

The pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali, who died in 1980, is widely respected among jazz musicians in Philadelphia for his frayed, locomotive style and his imaginative compositions, but he’s hardly known anywhere else. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

The painter uses shadows and modeling to suggest a third dimension, and his compositions often include portal-like shapes. In the galleries: Celebrating nature 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

His tangled compositions seem to have been compressed, which gives them new tensions and bounce. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z

Despite its name, Horace Silver’s seven-minute composition leaves me feeling the opposite: quite attended to, emotionally full — even sentimental. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

It stands as one of the most important Lennon-McCartney compositions, and it is a historic Pop event. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

"Some children would get spooked by each other's compositions or sounds," Denham recalls. Moon Wiring Club: music for children, by children 2010-11-24T14:04:00Z

In her gouache drawings every watery bloom and ragged edge helps to strengthen the composition, build the space. New Picture Books Pose Two of Life’s Biggest Questions 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Though Aesop isn’t halting production, the brand is converting the composition of their bags to a 60-40 blend of recycled and organic cotton. The Cotton Tote Crisis 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Meyer’s hand is everywhere visible — in the width and texture of line, the looseness within the rigorous format and what Meyers calls “the intentional loss of control” as the composition strays from its circular origins. In the galleries: A sweeping riff on the circle at the Hirshhorn 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Her other compositions include “Five Intermezzi,” for solo guitar; “Aphorisms,” for solo violin; “Above Clouds,” for viola and piano; and “Haiku Settings,” for soprano and flute. Ursula Mamlok, Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 93 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

Another category edges into entree territory with compositions including a roseate fan of thinly sliced duck set off with grilled kumquats and a swab of creamy onion sauce. Conosci review: Michael Schlow’s crudo concept is a hidden gem 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

He wrote some 300 Masses, more than 2,000 compositions over all, but we don’t know how many exactly. Why music from 1594 still moves us in 2016: The deep meaning of 'Tears of St. Peter' 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

She paints from aggressively lit photographs, so her compositions of melted candles and roses and Christmas string lights become warped. It Was Their Big Debut. Then a Pandemic Hit. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

As the show progresses, you see how he took on larger and more complex compositions and was able to work from real old master drawings and paintings. 2010-02-15T06:00:00Z

Astonishing footage of her early, often politically charged compositions strikingly reveals the cultural bleed of her staging and style, foreshadowing the scaffolding sets of “Rent” and the ecstatic movements of fans at Grateful Dead concerts. | 'Breath Made Visible': A Woman Who Can?t Stand Still 2010-04-23T00:20:00Z

Its five-course menu was a great deal at $45, and Mr. Berselius, who was born and raised in Sweden, was already showing a gift for delicately naturalistic compositions in the New Nordic style. At Aska, a Nordic Chef’s Vision Bears Fruit (and Lichens) 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

He arranges ingredients with a painter's sense of composition. Gramercy Tavern: A Classic Still on the Move 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Collins entered the national spotlight with the Mothers of Invention, an outlet for Mr. Zappa’s unique sense of humor and challenging, unorthodox compositions. Ray Collins of the Mothers of Invention Dies 2012-12-27T07:43:03Z

I look at the composition, and see what elements are there. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

The stark compositions and the wilds of nature contribute to this unusually visceral rendering of a warlord’s descent into madness. Movie Listings for Feb. 26-Mar. 3 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The panel on the left recalls Leonardo's The Last Supper in its composition: the panel on the right is filled, so to speak, with emptiness – blank wall, bare table, vacant floor. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

The connecting theme is compositions from the post-classic age of the American musical. 'Broadway Rocks' pairs Seattle Symphony with hits from the New York stage 2010-07-08T20:42:00Z

In the Prayer Book, which can be viewed in its entirety on an iPad in the exhibition, the Claude Master’s style becomes slightly more realistic and the compositions full. Religious Miniature and Nature Drawings at the Morgan 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The oddest thing not to have changed is the leaves on the tree that frames the right hand side of the composition. So an artist found a work on the web, copied it and won an award. Why the fuss? 2010-04-25T21:15:00Z

On Tuesday and Wednesday, MoMA presented two concerts in collaboration with the contemporary music collective Bang on a Can that highlighted Rauschenberg’s participation in, and influence on, postwar American composition. From Silence to Noise: Rauschenberg’s Influence on Music 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

When you think about the composition and environment of a sponge, some obvious aspects can help explain why; consider the consistent dampness, presence of food particles, and airiness of the sponge itself. This common kitchen tool is a breeding ground for dangerous bacteria 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Now, they value the beauty and aesthetics over the composition and consider a mineral’s luster, transparency, crystal form and geometry. Chemical Compounds That Incite Oohs and Aahs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

The line between reportage photography and film-making isn't a particularly fuzzy one when it comes to studying the way Tran works: the composition is pretty much always exquisite. Tran Anh Hung enters Norwegian Wood ? and emerges to tell the tale 2011-03-03T22:00:02Z

That's the question Beck posed on his 2012 effort "Song Reader," a collection of original compositions only published as sheet music. Beck's 'Song Reader' recording to include Jack White, Norah Jones 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

In a much more drastic change, the entire score for Act II has been replaced by a modern composition by Louise Alenius. Dance Review: A ?Napoli? Changed, Yet Unchanging 2011-06-13T22:41:38Z

Premised on his personal approach to “spontaneous composition,” Mr. Sorey described the work as being created by all the musicians onstage and himself. Review: Roam the Spectrum With Tyshawn Sorey 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

These are not 100 percent plant-based meat substitutes; vegetables like broccolini, potatoes and beets figure significantly in their composition, but they also contain chicken or pork. Sausages, Now With Less Meat 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

More notable is Mr. Evans’s effect on his new comrades’ compositions. The Bad Plus Greet the New Year With a New Lineup 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

The dead tree that was binding together elements of the composition is seen coming back to life. Why you should see Hugo Crosthwaite's L.A.-inspired mural — before he destroys it bit by bit 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

Tiger Darrow, a sophomore from Dallas studying music composition, said Frey helped her focus on the idea of telling a big story into a small package - a song. Eagles' Glenn Frey teaches songwriting; talks tour 2012-11-16T04:18:11Z

Earlier, his compositions featured blocks of varieties, harmoniously arranged. Ecological gardens are all the rage. But they also need to be pleasing to the eye. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

“For me, practice is the evolution within the composition itself, not incessant scales and intervals,” he said. Jazz thrill: South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim comes to Seattle 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The tune appears on the 1975 album “African Herbs,” one year after Ibrahim’s hit “Mannenberg” was released; this composition follows with a similar sound — 11 minutes of uplifting joy. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

The phenomenal price seems moderate only because it is dwarfed by the world record composition. Auctions: Fortune Smiles on Abstract Art 2011-11-10T12:00:07Z

Interestingly, the humble crafts generally bob near the top of the composition, drawing the eye upward. In the galleries: From the everyday to the fantastic 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

These heretofore-unreleased recordings — nearly all well-known Monk compositions — are not radically rearranged. The Year in Boxed Sets, From David Bowie to Weird Al 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Others are digital video compositions and drawings made with an iPad. David Hockney Loves Van Gogh. This Exhibition Shows Why. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

The piecemeal, patchwork atmosphere of Boehm’s scenes of well-heeled bohemian life also takes shape in the materials he uses to build his compositions. Last chance to see painter Armin Boehm's fractured point of view 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

There are no trendy plant habitats or faux ecosystems, but intense, artful compositions. The curtain falls on Ireland’s most famous private garden 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

She became enamored of his dynamic, colorful compositions and organized an exhibit in the store. Artexpo New York offers affordable quality art 2011-03-24T16:31:20Z

I'm used to working with natural and non-professional actors and there is a great deal of Léa Seydoux's natural and her nonprofessional aspect in the composition of the character of France. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

He hated the countless recordings of his own most famous composition so much, he corralled them into a collection he named “the chamber of horrors.” Ewan MacColl, Dogmatist of British Folk, Gets a Tribute Album 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

Don’t look for a program listing for the concert — Marsalis will announce and introduce compositions from the stage. Wynton Marsalis, a man with many musical missions, set to perform at Wolf Trap

His sparse canvasses sport symmetrical compositions of dots, lines and polygons. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

Many an imaginative mix of compositions that seemed to sizzle on paper has fizzled onstage: too clever, perhaps, for its own good. A Festival Built for Risky Business 2011-05-06T05:00:07Z

She was a star when she attended the New England Conservatory, one of the rare private composition students of the school’s president, the eminent composer George Whitefield Chadwick. Welcoming a Black Female Composer Into the Canon. Finally. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

This painting is actually a fusion of various different compositions, from Rubens to van Dyck. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Starker yet fascinating are a set of paintings made with tar on panels, the wood’s grain as central to the compositions as the smeared black goo. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

A software program developed by Mr. Supko juxtaposed samples from the audio database into multitrack compositions; the duo then finessed the computer’s handiwork into these trancelike, emotive and eerily beautiful tracks. Classical Playlist: Beethoven, Brahms, John Luther Adams and More 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Can a performance of a classical composition count as a cover? From “Sweet Home Chicago” to “Yesterday,” the most-covered songs in history 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z

His sense for composition and his lyrical ability, so keenly felt on good kid…, can be traced back to elementary school. Kendrick Lamar: rise of a good kid rapper 2012-12-08T00:01:00Z

Faces or isolated objects glow in rich light as the rest of the composition seemingly melts into darkness. A Catherine Opie moment in Los Angeles at LACMA and MOCA 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Its scale and pastoral character call to mind the enduring compositions of rolling pastures, lakes and woodlands by 18th-century English landscape designers. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

This strategy is most evident in a series of six compositions on linen, which is tanner than the canvas Novel uses. In the galleries: Works in progress 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

The first, a mythological scene, is large for a sarcophagus — it measures about 3 feet by 6 feet — and its composition is quite dramatic. Inside Art: A Marble Persephone From the Marquess 2011-05-26T22:25:26Z

And the way that I would describe that, of course, is like composition in real time. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Also displayed is a 3-D re-creation of what is thought to be the original composition of the painting. A CSI-style Investigation Proves the Authenticity of a Rembrandt Painting 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Her voice is a wild bunch of tonal shadings, and her compositions tend to move through several strains. Review: Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ Shares Thoughts of Life and Death 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

But over all, the album reflects the aliveness of Mr. Opsvik’s compositions, which always begin with a meticulous vision but can spiral off in unexpected directions onstage. Music From a Distance? Eivind Opsvik Has Been Making It for Years 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Vincenzo Bellini’s composition will again come to life, this time with a stage design that pairs earthy scenes with multichromatic lighting for an eerie, glowing atmosphere. A Fall Season of Debuts, Returns and Farewells 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Laderman’s other compositions include “Celestial Bodies,” for flute and string ensemble; a set of 25 organ preludes; the opera “Goodbye to the Clown”; and vocal settings of biblical psalms. Ezra Laderman,Weaver of Eclectic ‘Marilyn’ Opera, Dies at 90 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Levit’s idea was to start with darkness, end with brightness and cap the recording with the Evans’ composition as an “amen.” Igor Levit not content to be heard only through piano 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

In short chapters of two or three pages, the unnamed narrator proceeds from rage through “this frail and too bloodless composition,” which he presents to us as an act of revenge. Book review: ‘Against the Country,’ by Ben Metcalf 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

Beijing retained its characteristic willingness to adjust to changes in alignments of power and in the composition of foreign governments without passing a moral judgment.” Books of The Times: An Insider Views China, Past and Future 2011-05-09T19:59:38Z

Both metrics factor into the Hot 100 composition. Katy Perry fends off Eminem on U.S. singles chart 2010-07-15T18:49:00Z

Mr. Haggard once described his career in music as a “35-year bus ride,” and a theme of restlessness runs through such compositions such as “The Running Kind” and “Ramblin’ Fever.” Merle Haggard, revered country singer of common man anthems, dies at 79 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

But more positively — at least for artists — this isolation could be a phase of “intense presentness,” Reid says, not only providing composition time, but inducing a Zen-like focus on the moment and on one’s work. A composition that captures the ‘trapped repetition’ of the pandemic? Seattle Symphony debuts that and more 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

“Mr. Fry’s ‘Santa Claus’ we consider a good Christmas piece,” he wrote in The Musical World magazine after the premiere, “but hardly a composition to be gravely criticized like an earnest work of Art.” When the New York Philharmonic Fought Over Santa Claus 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

This complex composition, Swed writes, “is like an anatomical, physiological and spiritual examination of the violin.” Essential Arts & Culture: Pacino as Tennessee Williams, Diego Rivera at LACMA, suspended Iranian art, 'Mr. Gaga' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

While there wasn’t anything particularly distinctive about the interpretation, the collaboration resulted in a satisfying rendition of a popular classic: one that was initially denounced by both performers and critics after its composition in 1878. Music in Review 2011-04-09T00:11:04Z

As the band progressed from their early material on through to their latest compositions, Greg became silent and thunderstruck, finally murmuring: "This is like the music of the future." Secret Cinema: Back To The Future review – fancy dress eccentricity 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

And that is part of the point of Gates’ crisp compositions: No message — or way of speaking — says everything. In Theaster Gates' latest work, poignant power from the remnants of our history 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

And while she had written a song for “The Hunger Games” soundtrack and allowed her compositions to be used in movies, she had never penned one upon which a key plot point would depend. Subversive and Smart Scores Raise the Volume in Oscar Talk 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Perhaps because Lenker uses her breathy soprano to deliver lyrics that seem to be obliquely autobiographical, her compositions are often termed “folk.” Review | Big Thief transcends ‘folk’ at 9:30 Club 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Explosions in the Sky played a continuous 74-minute set, segueing nine compositions with no encore: an unbroken reverie. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z

The collection started as a collaboration between the organ and composition departments of Trinity College London, where Whitehead was teaching at the time. Finishing Bach’s Organ Music, With Help From 118 Composers 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

First, although it might sound better for weight loss to burn a higher percentage of fat, the real-world effect of that intensity on your body composition is next to nil. Perspective | The fat-burning heart-rate zone is a myth: How exercise and weight loss really work. 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

The directions for Terry Riley’s seminal 1964 composition “In C” are fairly simple. Review: Sasha Waltz’s Action Painting Swirls to ‘In C’ 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

The story of its composition reflects one of the major historical events of the century: the second world war. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z

“I couldn’t hear it,” she says, “but I knew I was looking at a composition of music.” | At Age 70, A Star Is Born 2014-02-26T23:00:56Z

In his composition and his conducting — which he managed with the brisk efficiency of a bank teller giving change — he was the antithesis of the romanticized stereotype of egoistic, heaven-storming musician. Pierre Boulez, conductor of bracing clarity, dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Loosely rendered bodies energize some of the artist’s pictures, but aren’t necessary for strong compositions. Review | In the galleries: The grid is the primary motif but subject to subtle change 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

EMI Music Publishing, which owns the band's songs from 1971-1983, was the last outside company to sign a deal with the band, before the Stones took control over their own compositions. Rolling Stones agree publishing deal with Bertelsmann's BMG 2013-06-26T15:25:31Z

At 15, he left ordinary school for the Zurich Conservatory, and completed a piano diploma — “in case the conducting thing didn’t work,” he said — as well as studying composition. Philippe Jordan, a Conductor Who Excels at Juggling Jobs 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Its integrity, “mindfulness” and assured beauty emerge slowly, in careful compositions, color choices, delicate but tactile brushwork, and inevitable balance. Alice Trumbull Mason: America’s Forgotten Modernist 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

She began studying piano at a young age, but switched to composition in college because she found recitals too nerve-racking. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

You can see the muted pattern on back of the found textile, and how Ms. Blystad created a counterpoint to this with her own composition on the other side. What to See in New York ArtGalleries This Week 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

“The Journey,” their debut album as the Baylor Project, includes a few old standards, as well as several of the couple’s own compositions. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Our environments influence our composition without us having a say in it and that forces us to grow up before we get to fully experience being a kid. Trauma ran away with my childhood: Losing my father to violence forced me to grow up fast 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

In 1960, recording for the Cherokee label, Mr. Putman had a minor hit with “The Prison Song,” one of his compositions, and Marion Worth reached the Top 10 with his song “I Think I Know.” Curly Putman, Writer of ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home,’ Dies at 85 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

There is a sense of meditation or spirituality in Havas' paintings, generated by his luminous colors and gracious compositions, but it's an earthly spirituality, rooted in this world. A tribute to Paul Havas, skilled NW landscape painter 2012-03-07T22:57:03Z

At once a folkloric study of her homeland and a contemporary exercise in electronic production, the album, her first long-scale composition and second solo release, is made up of nine movements. Olga Bell Releases Her Russia-Inspired ‘Krai’ 2014-04-30T14:18:56Z

In one well-known example, a circus poster, Mr. Sawka placed a tightrope walker at the center of his composition. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65 2012-08-28T07:23:01Z

Cady plays pedal steel, Siegel plays jazz drums and vibraphone, and Welch plays bagpipes and is getting a doctorate in composition at Yale. Video Operas You Can Watch on Your Phone 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Or just go in cold and let a couple of Everett’s racier compositions turn the heat on. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

Every dish—with its eye-popping hues and delicate composition—is a lovely surprise. Sophisticated Restaurant Clement Opens in New York's Peninsula Hotel 2014-01-10T05:00:00Z

For that project, the pair designed a five-screen installation that featured animations — created by themselves and other artists — inspired by “Pictures at an Exhibition,” one of Mussorgsky’s signature compositions. Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger turn animation into a wild sensory art installation 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

You can get a taste of Iamus's oeuvre before then, because on 2 July some of Iamus's compositions will be performed and streamed live from Malaga. Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga 2012-07-01T11:56:51Z

The drums and other percussion joined in, giving zest and a shade of violence to the composition. Phillips Camerata and guests perform a trio of Washington premieres

The veteran choreographer Zvi Gotheiner created his “The Art of Fugue,” partly set to Bach’s composition of that title, at the start of this year. Review: When Real Life Adds an Unexpected Round to the Fugue 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Across six discs, the guitarist Miles Okazaki covers every known Monk composition, honoring the composer’s crooked style and getting his guitar to sound just as resonant and embodied as Monk’s piano did. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Mr. van Zweden is pushing the Hong Kong Philharmonic into more challenging repertoire – with more Mahler, more Wagner and more contemporary composition. Jaap Van Zweden Is a Global Maestro of Music and Multitasking 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The 1861 court ruled in favor of Perrot, agreeing that the composition of a dance “could nevertheless constitute a composition in which copyright might exist.” Is Beyonc? a Choreography Thief in ?Countdown?? 2011-11-21T17:25:51Z

“One from the Heart” is as unified in its composition and its ideas as its constituent set pieces, seen discretely, are diverse and distinctive. Movie of the Week: “One from the Heart” 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

Art Official Age also finds Prince incorporating his spirituality into his composition with a deftness and openness often missing from his other records. Review: Prince Is Revitalized on Art Official Age and PlectrumElectrum 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

Although Herschel’s musical compositions had ground to a halt with the move, there is mystery surrounding his relationship with Haydn, who visited the observatory in June 1792. William Herschel Is Famous for Science. What About His Music? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

After her younger sister’s death, Nadia moved away from composing toward pedagogy, becoming the most renowned composition teacher of the 20th century — if not of all musical history. She Was Music’s Greatest Teacher. And Much More. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

He often works on an epic scale, but the grand compositions are grounded by intricate detail. In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The band is celebrating the release of its self-titled debut album, an atmospheric effort with compositions by all three members. Jazz Listings for Sept. 2-8 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

"I didn't even know it had been released until 1982," he laughs, detailing the history of Time Will Pass You By's composition and recording before it was seemingly lost. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-10-21T21:45:00Z

In a program note Mr. Wuorinen stresses that his atonal composition isn’t narrative and that his attitude, like Dante’s, is mocking. Dance Review: Sean Curran Company at the Joyce Theater 2013-02-01T22:53:53Z

A few years later, the BBC came to his school and recorded the precocious youngster playing a composition he’d written himself. John Cale’s Musical Journey Knows No Limits 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

The most dramatic composition stretches across two panels that shift from yellow on red to red on yellow. Review | In the galleries: A confection of a show that draws on the richness of Vermeer 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

At Carnegie Mellon, he tried to focus on classical compositions, but the theater students distracted him with frequent requests for an accompanist. A party becomes a serendipitous encounter for a young composer 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Ravel’s incomplete song cycle “Don Quichotte à Dulcinée,” the last composition Ravel worked on before falling ill with the disease that eventually killed him, rounds out this disc. CD reviews: Slatkin turns to France; a Reich retrospective. 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

In fact, as a palpable aid to understanding the spatial expansion and organic discombobulation that undergirds so many Moholy-Nagy compositions, I recommend walking the length of the doorway corridor, front to back, at least once. In the face of facism, he showed industrial-strength optimism: The art of Moholy-Nagy at LACMA 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Wittgenstein rejected Prokofiev’s composition, but Mr. Volodin made an eloquent case for it, bringing across its pervading struggle toward lyricism yet ultimately confirming its status as the weakest of the set. Prom Math: One Night, Five Prokofiev Concertos 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

His recent pair of compositions for classical ensembles or an album from his latest metal group? Review: A Tour Through the Hyperactive World of John Zorn 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Despite his hesitancy with the genre, Beethoven — who studied song composition with Salieri — wrote around 80 lieder, using mostly German texts. Music Review: Beethoven Elegant and Beethoven Frenetic 2011-06-07T21:43:37Z

The German musician, who won a Grammy for his work on 2008's The Dark Knight, said funds raised by selling the tribute composition online would be donated to the Aurora Victim Relief Organisation. Dark Knight Rises composer releases musical tribute to Aurora victims 2012-07-31T11:01:11Z

Then comes a more global second half, which skips across chronology, media and tone to highlight the worldwide migration and metabolization of Hokusai’s vivid compositions and bourgeois themes. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z

Bazille’s “Study for a Young Male Nude” is painted on the top half of a large canvas, over an earlier composition featuring the skirts of two women. X-rays reveal lost treasures beneath paintings 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

This double-sax quartet pays homage to Charlie Parker by cutting up, slowing down and disorganizing his compositions. The Best Jazz of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

“The surf shots are what they are supposed to be: tack sharp, peak action, perfect composition, but also inspirational,” Tim Ryan wrote in a review of the book in The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Art Brewer, Leading Photographer of Surfers, Is Dead at 71 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

His compositions with writing partner Bernie Taupin offer mature reflections, from Taupin’s tribute to his father and the World War II generation in “Oceans Away” to the title cut’s take on stardom. A Simple Approach Works for Elton John 2013-09-25T14:23:53Z

These very formal compositions juxtapose a human sign of a journey through contemplative consciousness — Kira's dam-sitter is titled "The Thinker" — with environmental intervals of empty space. See how Japanese American photography from 1920-1940 is still 'Making Waves' 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

At primary school, Barry revealed a gift for composition and became accustomed to seeing his stories pinned to the wall with gold stars on them. Barry Unsworth obituary 2012-06-08T17:14:33Z

Speaking in court, Williams said it took him three days of "surfing around" at Burbank's Glenwood Place Studios, in June 2012, before he hit upon the composition for the 2013 song. Pharrell denies Blurred Lines claim 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

In a July interview at her record label International Anthem’s studio in Chicago, Branch explained that the role of a composition is to guide bands as they “move together through the waters of sound.” It Was Hard to Find Sheet Music by Women Jazz Artists. So She Fixed It. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

By the time of their disbandment, George had succeeded in not only placing his work on a par with the greatest Lennon-McCartney compositions; he had even managed to eclipse the quality of their output. George Harrison's songwriting evolution: The Quiet Beatle's considerable impact on the group’s sound 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

The Noma kitchen — this high-strung orchestra in which chefs from all over the world perform solo and in concert on every edible composition — has struck a rare discordant note. From Georgetown to Copenhagen, a chef takes charge

The movie isn’t a masterpiece, but it has much to admire: striking visual compositions, Sanders’s nuanced performance and a tense atmosphere which suggests much more than is said here. The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and More in April 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

The composers were all male on Thursday night's Seattle Symphony program at Benaroya Hall — as they almost always are — but their compositions conjured three very different women, with varying levels of attractiveness. Review: At the symphony ? Leila Josefowicz, 'Mother Goose' and some pixie dust 2011-04-08T22:03:05Z

My experience of love has been melancholy, but also joyfully ridiculous; it’s that combination, like a brilliant pop composition, that makes it worth replaying. Notes from a Hollywood divorce: 'We had a primal connection. But we hung by a thread for years' 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z

Using graduated saturations of ink-wash over gesso, Simpson builds landscapes and seascapes that recall J. M. W. Turner or Chinese shan shui compositions. The Mysterious Darknesses of Lorna Simpson’s Paintings 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

That both films divide the characters visually this way may be a coincidence, a motif of Francis’s or simply a principle of smart image composition. Do Cinematographers Have a Signature? Let’s Try a Test 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

Having studied piano as a child, he first turned to composition as an inadvertent consequence of World War II. Toshi Ichiyanagi, Avant-Garde Composer and Pianist, Dies at 89 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Thielemans was also an accomplished guitarist and a first-rate jazz whistler — he often played his most famous composition, “Bluesette,” on the guitar while whistling the melody one octave higher. ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

In addition to Thumbscrew’s own vibrant compositions, the trio also let loose a wild take on Mingus’s “Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk.” Long Play Rises to the Top of New York Classical Music Festivals 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

“At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction,” the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote, in 1839. A New Theory of Distraction 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The working assumption was that demographics were destiny — more viewers would tune in if the anchors and reporters reflected the local audience’s racial composition. Anchors away: How much does ‘diversity’ on local TV news still matter? 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

He joined in neatly on the unison lines that were landmarks in the compositions, and he often soloed with high, wailing, bluesy lines followed by shredder arpeggios down below. Music Review: Jazz Fusion Heroes of the 1970s Resurrect Their Intricate Dynamics 2011-08-14T21:20:13Z

Bass-playing also gave Mingus an insight into the low sonorities and inner hamonies of jazz composition, and his melodic approach was profoundly influenced by the blues and gospel music of his childhood. Great moments in jazz: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2010-09-06T15:46:00Z

The music — elegantly funky, gracefully banging — draws an improbable line between the giants of classical composition and hip-hop production. Symphonic music meets hip-hop Friday night at Seattle Art Museum 2010-04-29T00:09:00Z

Master artists taught apprentices “how to draw, make the composition and pose the colors.” In a gray, empty Paris, this corner shop’s colorful posters transport you wherever you want to go 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

She played recordings of her new compositions for her father, who remained skeptical. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

A new composition by Ryoji Ikeda created a wash of sound — car stereos blaring variations on the note A — as part of the Red Bull Music Academy festival. Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

As compositions that don’t take themselves too seriously, “Wide Prairie” and “New Orleans” underscore their 1970s origins, with Wings helpfully acting as Linda’s backing band. La la la la lovely Linda: Remembering love and laughter with Linda McCartney’s "Wide Prairie" 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

He played in the White House for President James Buchanan and traveled the world playing concerts that often included performances of his own compositions. 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

Songwriters and song publishers currently receive royalties when their compositions are played on US terrestrial radio, but there is no equivalent law for labels and performers to be paid for the sound recordings. Radio deal sparks royalties row 2012-06-07T11:46:41Z

He signed his first record deal as a teenager in 1980, and later won a Pulitzer Prize for "Blood on the Fields," a musical composition on slavery and freedom. Wynton Marsalis brings music, message to Cuba 2010-10-08T20:29:00Z

It features other artists' beats and rhymes layered over each other, and original compositions. Download this: "Hip Hop Kitchen" by Seattle's Vitamin D 2011-08-24T19:10:13Z

Perkins emphasizes painting’s artificiality by making every composition a look through, and not just at, the natural world. In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

In the postwar years, Auerbach found exhilarating subject matter in the bombed sites that still littered London, and evoked the city’s postwar reconstruction in dynamic compositions of thrusting diagonals and verticals balanced by geometric forms. At 91, Frank Auerbach Is Still Searching for the Perfect Image 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

Fractal-like forms and found compositions akin to color-field painting abound in her “Metamorphosis — From Decay to Display,” Foundry Gallery’s first show in its new, industrial-chic location near the 9:30 Club. Galleries: Big Brother is watching 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Abandoning an ambition to be a concert pianist, Tavener studied composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music. John Tavener, Composer and Seeker, Dies at 69 2013-11-12T18:20:35Z

“Each is quite different due to space and context, but the composition, material sensibility, and witty elegance transcend geography.” Architect Steven Harris And Interior Designer Lucien Rees Roberts Create An Idyllic Oasis In Croatia 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Rather than cutting up the music to create entirely new compositions, Kubal made only subtle tweaks and cuts to the originals in order to blend them. Click to download: Notorious B.I.G. meets the xx 2010-04-08T22:00:00Z

Tidily arranged in unified compositions that can suggest textile design, similar freehand gestures can evoke quite different things. Review | In the galleries: A visual rallying cry against gun violence 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

His most famous composition, “Earth Requiem” for large chorus, symphony orchestra, solo quartet and children’s choir, was performed for the first time in 1997 at the National Cathedral in Washington. Gregg Smith, Choral Leader Who Elevated Standards, Dies at 84 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

Mikael Wood takes a deep look at Cohen’s most famous song, “Hallelujah,” and asks if the work that became “one of pop music’s most durable compositions” actually represents “a crucial misapprehension of his work.” Essential Arts & Culture: A breathtaking art exhibit, Noh now, farewell Leonard Cohen 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

Whitehead also sought contributions from figures outside the world of contemporary composition: figures like Andreas Fischer and John Butt, who are more commonly associated with research or performance. Finishing Bach’s Organ Music, With Help From 118 Composers 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

Hancock released his first record, containing his popular composition “Watermelon Man,” in 1962. Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’

The composition painted on March 27, 1934, is done in a contorted cartoon style. Auctions: Money Pours Into Impressionist and Modern Art 2011-05-06T11:30:08Z

He embraced the serial method — the most abstract and abstruse method of composition available at the time — in the last 15 years of his career. Just How Russian Was Stravinsky? 2010-04-16T14:16:00Z

He said he experienced a musical breakthrough when the BBC lost his sheet music right before he was about to be filmed playing a piano composition: “I was terrified,” he said. A Walk Through Velvet Underground History With John Cale 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Faber Music, which published Harvey's compositions, said he died Tuesday. British composer Jonathan Harvey dies at 73 2012-12-06T11:38:58Z

As a visual artist, he created alluringly spare art for his recordings, as well as “graphic realizations” of his compositions into rolling, proto-pixelated landscapes. Perspective | The late composer Jon Gibson helped save minimalism from itself 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

Harlem Renaissance eminence Alain Locke described the acoustic aspect of a Robinson performance as “an almost symphonic composition of sounds.” ‘The Mayor of Harlem’ celebrates Bill Robinson as dance superstar, as well as social activist 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

But most of her art life took place in Zurich, where she painted the five deeply unusual geometric compositions in this booth. TEFAF New York: A Worldly Fair Overflows With Art and Design 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis wrote elegant, epigrammatic compositions that integrated the counterpoint of chamber music into a hard-bop framework. Jon Batiste and Wynton Marsalis Prize John Lewis, and Each Other 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

The two men gleefully incorporated everyday objects, sounds and movements, and introduced elements of chance – throwing coins or consulting the I Ching – to shape their compositions. Marcel Duchamp's gift to New York 2013-01-06T17:59:01Z

There's a pulsing narrative energy here, and a complexity of composition that can be savored both from afar and up close. Review: Seattle exhibits show photographs in their altered states 2010-08-26T20:51:00Z

The program didn’t focus on composition, but after full days of classes, he would go home and write. One Composer, Four Players, ‘Seven Pillars’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

These blue skies, and the bright green facade of “Farmer’s Market,” punctuate compositions that are mostly tan, brown and gray. In the Galleries: Exploring Cuba via the artwork 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

He is best known for his song This Land Is Your Land, as well as compositions such as Pastures of Plenty, 1913 Massacre and Do Re Mi. Woody Guthrie novel to be published … with help from Johnny Depp 2012-07-10T12:11:03Z

“Snake Out,” one of his signature compositions, showcases this intensity beautifully. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

They’re almost like feats of higher math: They seem much too complicated to hang together as singular compositions, but somehow, still, they do. Art Fairs Come Blazing Back, Precarious but Defiant 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

There may even be a business benefit to shifting the composition of our dinner plates. How to eat healthy and save the planet 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

She graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire with a degree in composition and performed at age 14 with the School Proms. Urban and classical to mix at Proms 2013-08-09T23:30:50Z

Some of the change in the audience composition might be due to Spike Lee’s filmed version of “American Utopia,” which streamed while the live show itself was dark. David Byrne says audiences seem ‘thrilled’ to be in theater 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

In one exchange in May, Brazile was asked by a Washington Post reporter about negotiations over the composition of the party’s convention committees. CNN and ABC cut ties — but don’t — with interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Though it is intermittently handsomely assembled, displaying the director’s eye for composition, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” barely exploits its premise. ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Review: Willy-Nilly Killy Old Bear 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

First, the type, though simple, is functionally elegant – the sans serif caps nicely compliment the window frame, which anchors the entire composition. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z

They’re also strong, daring compositions — so strong, in fact, that they’re not just a prelude to Noguchi’s mature abstract sculpture, but a whole satisfying body of work in themselves. At the Frye: sublime cross-cultural influences 2014-03-12T21:52:00Z

More often than not, his compositions are steeped in authentic, subliminal feeling that is the opposite of mechanical. Michael Friedman, a Man of Many Voices and a Gift for Prophecy 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

Hinds’s approach to word-and-image storytelling actively deploys the space of the page, making use of irregular, diagonal panels and full-page bleeds, mixing up the composition — it’s dynamic, unlike many plodding adaptations. The Graphic Novel Versions of Literary Classics Used to Seem Lowbrow. No More. 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

On Nov. 13, 1943, it was where he premiered his children song cycle “I Hate Music,” the first time a paying crowd listened to one of his compositions. Leonard Bernstein comes to life in New York 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

Weber films the modest dwellings of the townspeople and the shores of the fishermen in dynamically unbalanced compositions replete with diagonals that feel like vectors of brewing action. A Great Ballerina’s Explosive Movie Performance 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

Here are nine tracks that showcase the sly invention and dark poetics of Shorter’s compositions and saxophone sound. Wayne Shorter, a Jazz Hero Whose Goal Was ‘to Fear Nothing’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

But the following year, he returned to Tuskegee to teach literature and composition. Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z

His initial model for printmaking was the 16th-century engraver Lucas van Leyden, some of whose compositions, blending classical poise and real-world detail, he repeated, with tweaks. ‘Rembrandt’s First Masterpiece,’ a Portrait of a Biblical Betrayal 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

Oshii pushed for greater visual complexity and detail in the final backgrounds compared to these more painterly compositions. Ghost in the Shell's urban dreamscapes: behind the moody art of the anime classic 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

It was a presentation that included a dive into politics, since elements of the composition have been embraced for purposes both sinister and enlightened. Essential Arts & Culture: L.A. culture after the riots, a stirring Beethoven concert, controversial Carl Andre 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z

But she was a trailblazer at a time when the gender composition of American orchestras was starting to become more equitable. Jorja Fleezanis, Violinist and Pioneering Concertmaster, Dies at 70 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Though he experimented with other instruments, when he moved to Washington in 1962 to study composition at Howard University, it was the piano that again became his primary focus. Laraaji’s music has emphasized stillness and calm for decades. Now the world is trying to get on his level. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

The action often unfolds in long shot, with crowded compositions in which the principals are obscured by door frames. Review: ‘Scarred Hearts’ Entraps a Young Man and His Illness 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

The carefully researched furniture, fashionable clothes and street scenes in his compositions present themselves as settled history. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

More than the sex and violence Park is known for, “Little Drummer Girl” shows the director’s mastery of visual composition and order. Park Chan-wook Brings His Art-House Eye to ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The vast, hard-hitting First Violin Concerto, written in 1977 while his father was dying, was the work that marked his return to more conservative modes of composition after his period as an avant-garde tearaway. Penderecki: Violin Concerto No 1; Horn?Concerto Winterreise 2010-08-12T22:00:00Z

It serves him well even on Mr. Jones’s composition “Green Onions,” which gets a blissful Lloydification here. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

The actors are uniformly impressive, and Mr. Wheatley’s longtime cinematographer, Laurie Rose, shooting in black and white, combines stunning pastoral compositions with bursts of graphic violence punctuated by blazing flintlocks. Movie Review: ‘A Field in England,’ Directed by Ben Wheatley 2014-02-07T01:18:16Z

In the ’80s Mr. Lee loosened up his strokes and began to produce airy, monochrome compositions in a kind of Abstract Expressionist style driven not by emotional angst but by delight in existential flux. Art Review: A Fine Line: Style or Philosophy? 2011-06-23T22:45:46Z

And for a good stretch of that composition, the entire band attacked a lunging cadence in the melody, immersed in the intricacies at hand, but also being carried irresistibly forward. Review: Tim Berne’s Snakeoil at the Jazz Standard 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

Infrared images of the underdrawing done for his research by the Met's conservation department convinced him still further that, at the very least, Michelangelo drew the composition. Michelangelo at the Met? Sotheby's painting claimed to be by Renaissance genius 2010-04-14T23:49:00Z

Expressive brushwork and skillfully structured composition took center stage. 'Alternative Dreams: 17th Century Chinese Paintings From the Tsao Collection' at LACMA 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

By nature a religious man, Moore's most recent work was made up of gospel songs, as well his own compositions inspired by such material. This week's new live music 2011-08-26T23:06:11Z

Mr. Morley provides a tutorial about paintings as objects in four new works using the same composition but rendered in different materials. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The Uruguayan artist melts natural forms into abstract compositions that employ mostly pale, earthy colors. In the galleries: Melding sound and art 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

It can be affected by the mineral composition of the core, or whether the sculpture has been exposed to water, or to heat, or was buried. Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

The tension, in these complicated new pieces, between easily read components and harder to parse overall compositions is visually bewitching. 6 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

Part of that process was a songwriting project, in which students processed their emotions through original compositions. 'This is our start over' – telling the story of Parkland's drama students 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

TUE Series of classes to learn photography basics including camera functions, composition and image editing, how to maximize your camera to get great photos, 6 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-02-06T22:19:01Z

The exhibition explores the artist's style and vision that set him apart from the major art movements of the time and demonstrates his eye for a clear composition. Lowry at the Lowry: 200 paintings and drawings brought together in Salford 2012-07-06T11:58:49Z

It is the uncommon women’s wear runway whose racial composition bears much resemblance to that on the streets outside the shows. The Year’s Top Stories From the Fashion World 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

His “The Birth of Creole Venus” is the result — a big, bold and witty composition. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

Movies by people like Billy Wilder, Wes Anderson, and Buster Keaton have given me color palettes, compositions, and a love of dry, deadpan humor. Mark Ulriksen’s “Downtime” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

That is the run time for this sprawling, messy production closing out La MaMa’s 50th-anniversary season, featuring texts and compositions by a long list of artists. Theater Review: ‘Etiquette of Death,’ at La MaMa, Includes Song and Dance 2012-06-19T22:26:00Z

If a strategy isn’t working, players will need to change their team composition. Year’s top video games satisfy fans of sports, ‘Star Wars’ and even cooking 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Two other tracks from her dynamic compositions were written for short documentaries by the very talented Vanessa Renwick: “Mighty Tacoma” and “Charismatic Megafauna,” the latter a startling work about wolves and humans. Seattle cellist Lori Goldston, who played with Nirvana’s 1993-94 tour, brings her silent-film scores to Base 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

This form of communication, improvisation, is one of the world’s best examples of spontaneous composition. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Bebop 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

The composition is classic, and the woman wears a translucent garment gathered around her neck that resembles, ever so slightly, an Elizabethan collar. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

The course looks at the studio sound and composition of the Beatles and how Liverpool helped to shape their music. UK university awards first Beatles degree 2011-01-26T17:18:59Z

At least one song that was not in the original, “Memories of You,” a 1930 composition by Eubie Blake, is featured. Eyeing Tonys, ‘Shuffle Along’ Hopes to Be Classified a Revival 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

There’s nothing gauzy or impressionist about her compositions. Z. Vanessa Helder: a Northwest artist rediscovered at Tacoma Art Museum 2013-09-08T14:16:08Z

But in its wake, Mars Volta veered instead toward the abstract concepts and extended, multifarious compositions of psychedelia and progressive rock, sometimes mixed with the salsa that Rodríguez-López grew up hearing. The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mr. Crosby contributed to the composition of several songs on the album and wrote one himself, “What’s Happening?!?!” David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

Early records featured blues standards alongside original compositions by Mr. Allman, and in 1971 the group broke through critically and commercially with “At Fillmore East.” Gregg Allman, Southern rock heavyweight of Allman Brothers fame, dies at 69 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

Rendered in dramatic contrasts of mustardy yellow and powder black, “The Man at the Café” is one of those hide-and-seek Cubist compositions whose flattened and diligently tilting planes conceal as much as they reveal. These Shadow Boxes Are Striking. The Story of Their Origin Is, Too. 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

It’s very, very white,” he said, explaining that he wanted the composition of the high school to be more reflective of the South today. Arts & Leisure: ?Footloose,? Craig Brewer?s Remake for New Generation 2011-09-28T14:00:11Z

With chamber-string section in tow, the band's compositions unfold in slow motion, point skyward and claim celestial territories. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z

A late-20th-century diagrammatic composition densely drawn in colored pencil and ink on paper and sealed with transparent tape, by Melvin Way, includes alphabetical and mathematical formulas that he said would be dangerous to experiment with. Inspiration Made Concrete in ‘Self-Taught Genius’ Exhibition 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Studying the composition and balance of the gut microbiome is starting to reveal connections between it and various neurological conditions. The bacteria and microbes in your gut can affect your body and mental health 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

Nor do I enjoy hearing other compositions sandwiched between different movements of a major piece. Music, Theater and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

In each and every instance, George created a series of guitar licks that drove Lennon-McCartney compositions into the stratosphere. George Harrison's songwriting evolution: The Quiet Beatle's considerable impact on the group’s sound 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

While "Further Explorations" was a onetime project, "Hot House" continues a duo collaboration with Burton dating back to 1972 that has included four Grammy-winning albums on which they mostly played Corea's compositions. Corea competes against himself at Grammys 2013-02-02T14:28:14Z

It’s not unusual for contemporary music to appear in New York’s churches, where chamber groups and orchestras often present very secular programs of avant-garde composition. Review: 50 Violins, 50 Computer Chips, a Secular Prayer 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

Watching, we feel that our era is blessed to contain such a composition. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z

He analyses rock and pop compositions with the same mixture of structural rigour and bouncy enthusiasm that made The Rest Is Noise, his study of 20th-century classical music, such a joy to read. Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2010-12-18T00:07:23Z

One element devoid of ambiguity, albeit hazily painted, sends an enigmatic message: In the foreground, the dark silhouette of a woman apparently holding a baby rises above the lower edge of the composition. Contemporary Art Works of Often Subtle Beauty 2010-10-08T15:11:00Z

About bloody time too. said:Zappa's oeuvre is full of such sophisticated, avant-garde compositions. Stage reader review roundup: what have you seen this week? 2013-03-15T16:29:37Z

But his artistic sensibility and his talent for composition are already evident in the early work. A Lover’s Impact on David Wojnarowicz, for All to See 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z

After being accepted into the music program of the Carnegie Institute of Technology — now Carnegie Mellon University — Mr. McKinley received a bachelor’s degree in composition there in 1960. William Thomas McKinley, Jazz-Loving Composer, Dies at 76 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

Leaving behind his previous work in wood, he began to flatten, fold and fasten these caps into mutable wall-mounted compositions, lying somewhere between sculptures and textiles. El Anatsui’s Monumental New Show Is an Act of Justice 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Argue dryly recounts the programmatic or political intent behind each composition; Transit, dedicated to a cheap, badly regulated bus service; Habeas Corpus, angrily recording the unjustified "extraordinary rendition" of his fellow Canadian Maher Arar. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society; London Sinfonieta/Matthew Herbert 2010-11-21T22:45:00Z

He wrote: The fact that many of the children in his compositions have a dark skin is a facet that cannot remain without comment. Ruud van Empel's strange creations 2013-03-20T12:17:00Z

Trivium In Waves Roadrunner It's never a great sign when the most interesting composition on an album is a spooky piano intro – and so it is with Trivium's fifth release. Trivium: In Waves ? review 2011-08-04T21:25:00Z

The first gallery finds Ms. Herrera gradually simplifying and intensifying her compositions of flat, interlocking forms, almost as if she were zooming in on them. A 101-Year-Old Artist Finally Gets Her Due at the Whitney 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

It’s a first Vail commission for Justin Peck, New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer, whose work will be set to a new composition by Caroline Shaw, currently the festival’s Leonard Bernstein composer in residence. Vail Dance Fest to Celebrate Its 30th Anniversary 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Sooner or later, the picture will end up in a museum eager to display a big composition by a famous master with a history that goes back to the 18th century. Auctions: Eagerness to Buy Old Masters at Odds With Their Availability in Auctions 2011-07-08T12:00:05Z

After studying English and music at Ohio University, he enrolled in grad school for composition, but only made it one semester. The Musical Eccentric Who Turned Tolstoy’s Pierre Into Every Seeker 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

Her swooping aerial form explodes the flat surface plane of an otherwise classical composition, making the transition of power momentous. 'Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV': Splendid pomp and circumstance at the Getty 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z

Once journalists lost interest in weeping female fans and turned their attention to the sophistication of the band’s evolving compositions, the conversation became far more intellectual, if at times combative. I saw the Beatles live, but no, I didn’t scream. It’s time to take female fans seriously. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

And I wanted to ask you, do you think composition and improvisation are the same thing? Trey Anastasio and the art of improvisation 2011-09-05T20:01:00Z

In between are a pair of fabulous instrumental covers of compositions from Vince Guaraldi’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” — the flowing, billowy “Skating” and “Christmas is Coming,” which is jazzy and partly whistled. Get in the holiday mood with Ne-Yo, Lea Michele and Chicago 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

Nonetheless, a casual classical music fan may find it daunting, as most of it is devoted to analyses of a lifetime of compositions. John Adams on Debussy, the First Modernist 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

As the Milan complex proves, Koolhaas and Prada are a match made in design heaven: Both are expert at pulling disparate elements and ideas together into surprisingly harmonious, sophisticated compositions. Architect Rem Koolhaas Reveals His Collaborative Side 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

After high school, Shore majored in composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

And yet even as the narrative jumps the rails, Preminger’s elegantly balanced compositions never waver and his gliding camera never falters, bringing a cool, classical perspective to this outpouring of romantic revolt. DVD: Gleason as Tripster, Groucho as God 2011-07-22T05:27:59Z

Those who delight in lush, shadowy compositions and macabre manifestations of an unbridled id will celebrate, too. Revisiting Mario Bava, Master of Italian Horror, at the Quad Cinema 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z

Both are old compositions, recorded recently in Montreal. Godspeed You! Black Emperor unveil surprise album at gig 2012-10-04T12:01:51Z

And the sheer audacity with which Fassbinder and his longtime cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, move the camera, alighting as if by accident on resonant and complex compositions, is nothing short of breathtaking. | 'World on a Wire': Fassbinder?s Vibrating Sci-Fi Questions About Reality 2010-04-13T22:38:00Z

It may have appeared that I was intent on the music, contemplating the geometry of the composition. Bach in New York 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Instead of simply showing clips from the films with the music played live by an orchestra, Mr. Elfman selected suites from all 15 film scores to create a two-part evening-length composition. Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

The most difficult works, found towards the end, are technically demanding, short compositions of some virtuosity. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

Few tunes sum up his style better than “Rambler,” a lullaby-like early composition that reappears here in the form of a six-and-a-half-minute track. The Playlist: John Prine Comes Home, and 10 More New Songs 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

“It gives us an insight into the composition that Rembrandt made,” Dibbits said. Rembrandt’s Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.’s Help 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

Ms. Jeanrenaud studied both improvisation and composition at Indiana, and her own music has evolved from the first to the second. A Daughter of Kronos Revisits Quartet?s Fold 2012-02-24T20:17:42Z

Simply enter your sex, age, height, weight, body composition and activity levels and they'll tell you exactly how many calories you should eat daily to lose weight. It’s time to bust the ‘calories in, calories out’ weight-loss myth 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

It’s an original composition based on familiar chord changes — for a songbook standard, “How Deep Is the Ocean?” Review: John Raymond, Uncovering the Possibilities of the Familiar 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Separate awards are made for achievement in literature, drama and musical composition. The Washington Post wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on Russian interference and the Senate race in Alabama 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

He was expert at cunningly inserting apposite objects into the composition. Guglielmo Galvin obituary 2013-03-08T14:20:22Z

Even changing the texture or composition of meat may have health effects for our digestive system. A mammoth meatball hints at a future of exotic lab-grown meats 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

Their colorful, geometric compositions wittily conjure flags, signs, building facades and furniture, especially bookshelves or cabinets. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

The album is being produced by Bridges "Crazy Heart" collaborator, T Bone Burnett, and features material by several songwriters as well as Bridges' own compositions. Jeff Bridges to release self-titled album in August 2011-05-23T18:24:42Z

The composition starts simply in E minor, then gains a sense of urgency, until the melody is a "frantic maelstrom of notes that make the hairs suddenly rise on my arms." Tess Gerritsen's 'Playing With Fire' is a well-plotted thriller 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

CreativeLive’s “Travel Photography” virtual studio class walks students through gear, technique and composition. How to focus on your travel photography skills, even when you’re not traveling 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

He consorted easily with composition students; he treated us as colleagues, and as a result we weren’t afraid to speak openly around him. Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

If the compositions are simple and regular, the colors are deep, dense and exquisitely mottled. Review | In the galleries: David X Levine uses pencils to put a new spin on an Old Master 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

American orchestras have long fallen short when it comes to performing compositions by women and people of color, sticking to a canon of music dominated by white, largely male composers. U.S. Orchestras Playing More Works by Women and Minorities, Report Says 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z

But his tactile surfaces and compositions start to feel regimented and sometimes overly full. Art Review: ‘George Bellows,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-11-15T23:23:38Z

Rather than pulsing from an invisible digital file, his compositions of scratches, bass thrums and beats are generated live, right before our eyes. Artist of the week 130: Haroon Mirza 2011-03-18T15:30:49Z

His compositions, sleek and insinuating, can convey elegant ambiguities of mood. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

“In retrospect, these coaching suggestions seem a bit extreme,” she writes in the book after describing how she once threatened to burn her daughter’s stuffed animals if she did not play a piano composition perfectly. Cultural Studies: Retreat of the ?Tiger Mother? 2011-01-14T23:39:11Z

With her sensitive, astute compositions about interior revelations, Mary Oliver made herself one of the most beloved poets of her generation. Mary Oliver Helped Us Stay Amazed 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

Beyond selecting an image you personally enjoy, picking the right puzzle also means paying attention to image composition and number of pieces. A guide to picking the right puzzle for you and where to buy it online 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

In contrast, fluorescence fingerprints rely on a food's chemical composition, so identifying the presence of adulterants can happen even in highly processed samples. Maple syrup fraud undermines the authenticity of Canada’s ‘liquid gold’ 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z

“It was an important diagonal element in the composition,” Mr. Grunewald, an architect and archivist, said. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Landmark Battle 2011-09-29T00:12:21Z

In every aspect of technique — from the smoky colors and the bustling, off-center compositions to the architecture of the story and the emotional precision of the performances — this film is a work of absolute mastery. | 'A Brighter Summer Day': ?A Brighter Summer Day,? by Edward Yang - Review 2011-11-24T21:00:30Z

Discussing the composition of “them,” in an author’s note, Oates writes that she deliberately understated the “sordid and shocking events of slum life” in the novel for fear that “too much reality would become unbearable.” Book review: ‘The Sacrifice,’ by Joyce Carol Oates, inspired by Tawana Brawley case 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Less than a week later the quartet recorded Mr. Desmond’s “Take Five,” a breezy composition in 5/4, with an airy solo by Mr. Morello over a rigid vamp on piano and bass. Joe Morello, Drummer with Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dies at 82 2011-03-13T21:52:59Z

Sometimes, if that thought catches on with the rest of his quartet, the composition might scatter into pieces. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Having written jazz’s major composition with “A Love Supreme,” he now fled from musical prescription. What a Rare, Live ‘A Love Supreme’ Reveals About John Coltrane 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Petty says that as the years have passed it's gotten tougher for him and Campbell to pen a passable composition. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, an L.A. band, stare at 'Hypnotic Eye' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

His rectangular compositions often depict rectangular spaces, or gaze through rectangular portals. Review | In the galleries: This art will really speak to you 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gorky killed himself in July 1948 in his studio in Sherman, Conn. But Ms. Gorky said that the composition struck her because “it’s so cheerful, and so full of joy.” Art That Was Hiding in Plain Sight 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

I remember the impact of Jagger's 1967 solo composition "Let's Spend the Night Together", replete with heavy breathing. Mick Jagger by Philip Norman – review 2012-10-04T07:00:01Z

This is achieved not just with flowers, but with leaf colors, patterns and textures within artful compositions. The best gardens aren’t static. Case in point: Chanticleer. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

His compositions are full of demanding, musicianly convolutions: leaping melodies, meter shifts, mutating chromatic harmonies and dissonances. Music Review: Michael Rother and Hermeto Pascoal at Damrosch Park 2010-08-08T22:13:00Z

It’s also — perhaps even more commonly — inactivity, says Miller, whose lab measures health and performance-related markers such as bone density, body composition and max oxygen uptake. Why your chronological age doesn’t tell your doctor much about you 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

"Too bawdy for family audiences," BBC executives told him, rejecting the composition. Maclom Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold 2012-10-11T10:57:48Z

In three circular paintings, Pat Goslee channels health, environmental and other concerns into compositions that appear at once random and rigorous. Review | In the galleries: Juried competition puts regional artists at center stage 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

I wanted to look at the subject of California, like I did with Hockney, but with my own compositions. From nanny to international art star: Ramiro Gomez on how his paintings reveal the labor that makes California cool possible 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

With the exception of the Bud Powell composition “Parisian Thoroughfare,” made famous by Clifford Brown and Max Roach, the band maintained a lower than usual profile. John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Café Carlyle 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

As Max lurches from one mishap to another, the film’s natural light and raw, hand-held compositions lend his adventures a spontaneity that compensates for his perpetually slack demeanor. | 'Wah Do Dem': Seeking Excitement in Jamaica 2010-06-17T23:53:00Z

An eclectic trumpet virtuoso who’s been a leading voice on his instrument since the 1990s, Mr. Douglas presents “Dizzy Atmosphere,” a program of improvisations and extrapolations based on Dizzy Gillespie’s compositions. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Mok added, “Working with Myra has given me a framework for how to think about composition, especially when writing for strong improvisers, and how to make simple choices that allow the music to shine.” Myra Melford Builds Anew With an All-Star, All-Woman Quintet 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z

Some song arrangements add so much to the finished product that it raises the issue: where does arranging end and composition begin? Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z

Anthony Gonzalez and crew invoke blissful dreams and well-preserved memories with their ambient-streaked fare, compositions such as "Midnight City" providing a fitting soundtrack as the final traces of sunlight give way to darkness. Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z

Duncanson's composition rhymes the stark foreground hills with pale but radiant mountains disappearing off into the remote distance. Huntington's new gallery rooms show promise 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z

Even within groups that lend themselves to some broad categorization — abstract compositions, figural paintings — the absence of shared aesthetics is glaring. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Buyers Wonder, Will It Appreciate Over Time? 2011-02-24T13:00:03Z

If you’re writing about an experience in a sober house, learn the history of rehab, the history of the specific sober house in which you lived, the chemical composition of benzodiazepine, etc. Salon’s guide to writing a memoir 2013-01-20T23:00:00Z

The smeary, hand-held cinematography sometimes turns the streetlamps and headlights into abstract compositions, but the cameras also capture the sensory abundance and kinetic rhythms of a place that pulses with life. Movie Review: ‘Tchoupitoulas,’ a Documentary Set in New Orleans 2012-12-07T01:15:08Z

"This is a composition of different looks for different hours of the day, different lifestyles," he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Lagerfeld launches affordable women's line 2011-09-12T18:04:25Z

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the official orchestra for the Nobel Prize ceremonies, opened the festival Tuesday night with compositions from across the region. Kennedy Center opens Nordic Cool cultural festival 2013-02-20T22:01:13Z

There’s a back story to the original material, involving the death of Mr. Hirahara’s father in 2011, but it was surely more useful to the creation of the compositions than to any understanding of them. Albums From Art Hirahara and Death Grips 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

He crowds his compositions with household objects that sometimes pile up chaotically, then lines up only four or five, like sentinels. Giorgio Morandi Creates a Universe on a Tabletop 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

They concluded that their findings suggest that depression changes the way one’s gut functions, which in turn changes the composition of the bacteria living there. Gut check: Microbes in our stomachs may be making us miserable 2014-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Visions of Johanna”: it is one of my favorite compositions, in all creation. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Rosenberg describes Lambert’s compositions as distinctly “adventurous,” with a “sumptuous harmonic language that was well suited to lyrical singing.” A Small Step Toward Correcting the Overwhelming Whiteness of Opera 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

Van Genk and Fasanella shared an attraction to elaborate architecture, teeming detail, panoramic compositions, a pulsating modern energy and an infatuation, ultimately disappointed, with the Soviet Union. ‘Willem van Genk: Mind Traffic’ and ‘Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

He has recorded accounts of her three extant symphonies, and he continues to investigate her lesser-known orchestral compositions. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

When he made a little mistake in a composition—hidden fifths between an alto and bass part!—Boulanger screamed at him. Works of Glass 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Other times the compositions are reduced to lines of fastidiously applied sequins. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

I have a feeling that somehow there are these shadowy things behind me, these compositions, which are in a way not me myself … they have a strange life. Elliott Carter remembered: 'Music seemed to erupt from his very being' 2012-11-06T18:41:42Z

“I studied harmony and counterpoint, and I kept the pencil going,” said Shore, 70, employing his oft-used mantra for composition. Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

That would be too pastoral for Blee, whose compositions have an urban energy. In the galleries: Works on paper at Marsha Mateyka Gallery 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

The message Bernstein leaves you with is that in composition, process — trial and error, writing and revision — is everything. 2010-02-15T16:59:00Z

Jensen and Treseler reinterpret nine of Wheeler’s compositions, which tend to be lyrical and songlike, whether moving at a quick clip or drifting as slowly as cloud cover. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

The art of scoring a trailer requires not only a certain style of thinking, but an entirely different approach to composition. Movie trailer music: it's not what you think 2011-08-25T21:15:01Z

Finally, Mr. Frishberg went into the studio himself to record an album consisting of his own compositions. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

In inventing these vast compositions, both artists went beyond the public perfections of David and the Mona Lisa to create what are arguably their most personal, and tantalising, works. Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? 2010-03-30T07:00:00Z

Mr. Opsvik writes his layered, kaleidoscopic compositions with great precision, but he also likes to turn things on their side. Music From a Distance? Eivind Opsvik Has Been Making It for Years 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

For example, the English ACT test would correspond to a freshman English composition class at college, and the math test to college Algebra. Only 23% of Ill. students ready for college 2011-08-17T11:00:00Z

Kay Gardner was a true pioneer, someone equally experienced in the theory and the composition of what became known as healing music. The 101 strangest records on Spotify: Kay Gardner – Mooncircles 2013-05-29T07:00:00Z

She earned her Ph.D. in composition at and a performance certificate in harp at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is now studying with the composer Martin Bresnick at Yale. Remaking a Dark Tale, With Real-Life Notes 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z

But Mr. Babbitt set his course toward serious avant-garde composition in 1932, when he played through the scores of some Schoenberg piano music that an uncle had brought home from Europe. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z

He played just two of his own compositions; one was “Word Order,” a drifting meditation in an elliptical meter, first heard on his second album. Ravi Coltrane and Company Perform at Jazz Standard 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The idea that composition was a male preserve haunted even those who were demonstrably good at it, such as the formidably gifted Clara Schumann, who said it was not a job for women. Notes from the musical margins 2011-03-13T00:04:00Z

The history of painting, as the art critic James Elkins suggests in his book “What Painting Is,” is in part a history of the changing chemical composition of paint. The New Season: How Digital Is Changing the Nature of Movies 2012-09-06T16:55:25Z

Still, it's worth remembering that this was a first performance of an ambitious composition that ought to be regarded as a work in progress. A rocky premiere for Gailloreto's ambitious 'Sea Songs' 2011-03-20T14:40:00Z

“Trios” is a triumphant tour through her book of finely sculpted compositions — sometimes elegiac, sometimes evasive, always distinctly hers. ECM’s Catalog Is Finally Streaming. Here Are 21 Essential Albums. 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

Now, Mr. Bartlow said he thinks the artist refuses to acknowledge the painting because it shows he has been using similar formulaic compositions for four decades. Peter Doig Says He Didn’t Paint This. Now He Has to Prove It. 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

But if the film’s musicians connect footwork to the city, its method of composition connects the musicians to footwork. ‘It Taunts the Eye’: Footwork’s Fast Moves Loom Over Chicago 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Indeed, Hisaishi built the set list as if he were putting together a single large composition, citing Mahler symphonies as a source of inspiration. The Composer Who Turns Hayao Miyazaki’s Humane Touch Into Music 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

The audaciousness of Mr. Dillon’s composition, which spans a wide sonic terrain, pulls you in. Music Review: ?Nine Rivers? at Miller Theater - Review 2011-09-18T22:20:23Z

These striking compositions play with viewers’ assumptions about uniqueness, offering a reminder that humanity, for all its vast scope, is composed of individuals. Allan McCollum's Dynamic Work 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

It was a handsome composition of three cedar-sided single-story wings, that zigzagged among the trees and shrubs of a spacious site, each wing topped with a low-sloped roof that gave the house an undulating silhouette. Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

When Mozart tests out Salieri’s composition written in his honor, he can’t help but make some on-the-spot improvements that instantly transform the work into something sublimely Mozartian. But does it deserve an encore? 'Amadeus' returns to South Coast Rep 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

The result is an insider's look at the musical composition and recording artistry behind history's most vaunted pop-music catalogue. "McCartney 3, 2, 1" is Hulu's engaging series delving into the Beatles' songwriting magic 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

His own compositions included orchestral and chamber music, and he was director of the London College of Music between 1983 and 1990. Composer John McCabe dies aged 75 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Much of the material was sourced from Baehr's friends who she asked for "laugh scores, compositions concentrating on the act of laughing rather than jokes". This week's new dance 2011-01-22T00:06:58Z

Watts's bird-calling high sounds over Weston's balletic dances often sound as bright and shapely as compositions, and wriggling sax runs against boogie-like piano fuse together so heatedly that both players' notes blur into drones. Trevor Watts & Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places – review 2012-07-26T22:44:01Z

In his own words, it is "an honest collection of songs" and shows more maturity in his lyrics and compositions than its predecessor, Presente. May's best music from across the MAP 2012-05-18T15:52:05Z

On transparent, plexiglass panels he painted compositions of stripes and geometric forms, attaching them to solid panels similarly painted, leaving as much as 10 inches of space between. Art Review: ?Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970? at N.Y.U. - Review 2012-01-13T16:11:35Z

The group’s repertory consists of folk songs, spirituals and a few of Mr. Lloyd’s best-known compositions. Jazz Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

As she put it, “you don’t have to know the composition of water to swim in it.” Dorothea Rockburne’s Ephemeral Art and Enduring Legacy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

Yet the Delaware-based artist disrupts the orderly compositions with messy gestures. In the galleries: The devil is in the details in an exhibition filled with symbolism 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

Uncharacteristically minimalist in composition, yet striking in execution, is Carel Blain’s still life of three orange gourds on a rich blue background. In the galleries: Unfinished works at Target Gallery 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

The result is a composition of simple, ethereal beauty. Red snow? A most unexpected modern standard for the holidays 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

Initially, Bernstein was to have written both the music and lyrics, but he eventually accepted Mr. Laurents’s suggestion that a co-lyricist could ease the burden of composition. Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z

The title should be as startling as the black smudge in the center of the composition. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z

Guo graduated a year early and entered the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston to study composition. Free trove of music scores hits sensitive copyright note 2011-02-23T03:59:03Z

The alt-jazz sextet will perform a Father's Day concert of six new compositions. Alt-jazz for Father's Day 2010-06-18T21:40:00Z

Weinberger was still writing poems then, but by the time he turned thirty he had grown discouraged with his compositions. The Unclassifiable Essays of Eliot Weinberger 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

In keeping with 19th-century virtuoso spirit, Ms. Pine offered her own composition as an encore, the nimble Intro, Theme and Variations on “God Defend New Zealand,” one of that country’s two national anthems. Music Review: Rachel Barton Pine Performs at Rockefeller University 2012-03-22T21:02:22Z

But teaching basic composition skills has its benefits. How to debate climate change deniers (without scaring them off) 2014-03-02T14:30:00Z

In the movie’s visual design, every image is part of an austere, perfectly balanced composition. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Faith,’ the Second in Ulrich Seidl’s Trilogy 2013-08-22T21:51:23Z

Mr. Gilbert is excellent at revealing, without being didactic, the way the phrase-to-phrase layout of a composition fits into its larger structural arcs. Critic’s Notebook: Alan Gilbert Shapes a Legacy of Change at the Philharmonic 2013-07-15T20:46:01Z

When paint analyst Susan Buck examined the paint on wood and plaster — probing tiny samples with high-resolution microscopes to reveal color, composition and chronology — she found it was early and rarely changed. Home & Design: History helps breathe life into a Georgian manor in Virginia

Its size, abstractness and rolling, all-over composition set the stage for his later work — though he would take a few years to fully absorb its implications — and has influenced generations of artists. A Jackson Pollock Takes Its First Trip to Venice 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

“It’s kind of a Norman Rockwell scene which is loaded with art references, including Dutch 17th century paintings, the De Stijl movement and Piet Mondrian with his rectilinear compositions and reliance on only primary colors.” For Kerry James Marshall, the mission is clear: Bring portraits of black life into very white art museums 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The remainder are covers, including seven Reed compositions, five Bob Dylan renditions and three songs written by Verlaine. Excavating the Lost Work of Peter Laughner, a Rock ’n’ Roll Tragedy 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Arguably his most politicized composition is his alluring, macabre opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.” The Fact and Fiction Behind Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

You would think that a Mozart symphony should be heard as an entity, a single composition in four parts. Review: Mozart, a Little Bit Symphony, a Little Bit Opera 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Another of Friedman’s compositions, “The Great Immensity,” a musical about climate change written with Steve Cosson and the Civilians, which premièred at the Public in 2014, was mined for repeated comic choral interludes. The Public Theatre at Fifty: “A Machine for Making Community” 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

The compositions feel free, sometimes even dashed off. The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Shortly before his death, he finished recording his newest composition - a setting of the story of Christ's death and resurrection for narrator, instrumentalists, soloists and small chorus. 'Creole Beethoven' composer, arranger dead at 81 2011-09-07T18:44:08Z

"In retrospect, these coaching suggestions seem a bit extreme," she writes in the book after describing how she once threatened to burn her daughter's stuffed animals if she did not play a piano composition perfectly. Retreat of the 'Tiger Mother' 2011-01-15T04:14:04Z

He studied music at the University of Virginia, and earned both a master’s degree in composition and a Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University. Charles Hamm, Author on American Popular Music, Dies at 86 2011-10-23T22:27:55Z

Tell me about the composition of this shot. David Gordon Green Narrates a Scene From ‘Stronger’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Their daring black and white compositions depict some of the pleasures, but more often skewer the hypocrisies and inequities of Parisian life. When He Was Good, He Was Breathtaking 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

But the show’s most beautiful moment is a wall of eight caballero drawings — he made around 80 — all slightly different in composition yet, notably, not one showing the horse and rider in a natural landscape. The mystery of an artist only deepens: The remarkable drawings of Martín Ramírez at DTLA's new museum 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

Even Beethoven pre-sold concert tickets to raise funds for his new compositions. “Crowdfunding” brings science back to the masses 2013-03-10T20:00:00Z

In honor of the anniversary, the Woody Guthrie Center has invited musicians who carry on the folk tradition to gather at this Midtown concert hall, located near the site of the song’s composition. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

He refused to be held to deadlines, saying he would release his compositions when he felt they were ready. Elliott Carter, Composer of the Avant-Garde, Dies at 103 2012-11-06T03:06:19Z

“I wasn’t much of a cook back then,” recalled the composer Michael Gandolfi, who attended a potluck master class with Bernstein when he was a composition fellow in 1986. Memories of Tanglewood on Its 75th Birthday 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

One of the most common varieties — Perle von Nurnberg — is also one of the most beautiful: large, rose-purple and with enormous presence in any composition. Get to know the different succulent varieties 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

My own copy is so aggressively underlined it looks like a composition notebook. ‘Dying: A Memoir’ Is a Bracing Illumination of Terminal Illness 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Whether you do this or not, it’s best to consider your plant assemblages as temporary annual compositions. Everything you need to know to assemble and care for a succulent garden 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

The two Romantic compositions comprising Seattle Symphony Orchestra's program "Isabelle Faust Performs Schumann's Violin Concerto," beginning Thursday at Benaroya Hall, are, in a way, the story of one career ending tragically and another redeemed. Violinist Isabelle Faust to appear with Seattle Symphony 2011-10-26T20:02:04Z

His article on the Great American Music Snub of ’76 met the same fate as did many of his and Barber’s compositions during their shared centenary: it was passed over. Two Composers, Honored Silently 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z

Students may concentrate in areas like instrumental and vocal performance, composition, arranging and pedagogy. Leon Breeden, Jazz Educator, Dies at 88 2010-08-14T04:45:00Z

These arose as byproducts of oral composition — “pitons,” Mendelsohn calls them, “stuck into the vast face of the epic” to provide a momentary respite for both bard and hearers. A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Many of his musical compositions are first-person adventures with a singular point of view, and his playwriting skews beyond the ordinary, too. Listening Booth: Black 47’s Larry Kirwan 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

The compositions and arrangements were as modest and direct as her voice. | Sara Serpa Quintet : Instruments and Voice, Improvising on Melodies 2010-09-22T22:24:00Z

“The size, the complexity of the composition, it is a life achievement for Stuart.” Iconic portrait of George Washington comes down for a high-tech cleaning 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

In each, I suggest starting with the terrified horse about to be stabbed in the lower left corner and working your way into and up this centrifugal composition. At the Met Museum, the Grand Enigmas of Delacroix 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

However, intriguingly, he does wonder whether a woman’s body composition might prove to be an advantage when it comes to long-distance swimming. Faster, higher, longer: how female ultra-athletes started to beat men 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Digging around the Internet and using familiar computer software, she cobbles together pictures, palettes and markings into big, mostly dense and tangled compositions for printing on large sheets of rag paper and Belgian linen. Petra Cortright's digital paintings, a tangled web of dots and swipes 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

And an advanced octet will play Composition No. 69b, blended with Composition No. 108b, in accordance with Mr. Braxton’s dictum that “all compositions in my music system can be executed at the same time/moment.” High School Musicians Take on the (Almost) Unplayable 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

In modern dance, composition is part of the training, but in ballet there is a lack of structured choreographic training. Dance Luminaries Weigh in on the Conspicuous Absence of Female Choreographers 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Few people work as carefully as she does on the color and composition of every shot,” he said. Film: Isabel Coixet, an 'Unclassifiable' Director 2011-09-28T11:30:14Z

Heightening a visitor’s attentiveness to otherwise incidental details, Miller reveals a capacity to transform the nooks and crannies of a composition into unexpected wonders. What to see in L.A. galleries: street-art ethos, a mesmerizing digital canvas, wild tapestries 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

The loosely gridlike compositions, though mostly nonfigurative, contain distinctly windowlike rectangles; with their thick crusts of paint and overlapping eddies of garish color, they look like plastics warehouses on fire. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

The faithful will be appeased by Tarr's stately, textured compositions and real-time observation of grinding rural toil. This week's new films 2012-06-01T23:05:45Z

So, working from the photographs, Thomas deconstructs and reconstructs the images, creating extraordinarily intricate compositions with engaging tensions between realism and abstraction, depth and surface, and the viewer and the viewed. Seattle Art Museum’s ‘Figuring History’ a powerful look at who is represented in art 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

Carpenter, playing a small Deconet instrument, handled the difficult violin solos in the Vivaldi compositions without transposition and mostly accurately but for a few gnarly passages. Mashup of sounds at Fortas Chamber concert 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

All her material was based on a limited number of Saad's compositions, around which she improvised so liberally that they became her own. Bi Kidude dies 2013-04-17T17:32:16Z

The disc also features Mr. Bassett’s composition “Echoes From an Invisible World,” commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1976 to honor the United States bicentennial, and his Sextet for Piano and Strings. Leslie Bassett, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 93 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

Bertolozzi is collecting these sounds for a musical composition project called Tower music. Eiffel Tower used as musical instrument by Joseph Bertolozzi - video 2013-06-08T12:41:45Z

The paintings are both trompe l’oeil — “deceive the eye” — oil compositions on canvas affixed to cabinetry. Review | Two rarely seen paintings offer a peek into the very private world of Paul and Bunny Mellon 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

After studying composition at California Institute of the Arts, he became an environmental activist in the 1970s and found his way to Alaska, where he made his home for close to four decades. Seattle Symphony to present world premiere of John Luther Adams’ highly anticipated ‘Become Desert’ 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Barry's Bond compositions included "Goldfinger," "From Russia With Love" and "You Only Live Twice," and his Academy Awards included best music for "Dances With Wolves," "Out of Africa" and "Born Free." James Bond composer John Barry dies aged 77 2011-01-31T11:44:50Z

He subsequently conducted many performances of the work, recorded it and went on to conduct premieres of major Tippett compositions. Sir Colin Davis remembered: 'He worked little miracles' 2013-04-15T18:13:39Z

Bryan, 41, who was born in New Orleans and received a MacArthur “genius” grant earlier this month, has been making her mark since earning her doctorate in composition from Columbia University in 2014. Courtney Bryan’s Music Brings It All Together 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z

He was actually someone who knew very well about the properties of the materials he used, how to use them, and also he created very deliberate compositions. Research Unveiled at Amsterdam Van Gogh Exhibition 2013-04-29T21:46:14Z

The biggest combatants were practitioners of complex, cutting-edge 12-tone composition who claimed the intellectual high ground and those who still wrote sonatas, symphonies and such, in essentially major and minor keys. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z

The ensemble’s set was diverse, including a world-premiere composition called “Resolute Fanfare,” as courtly as its title suggests, by guest euphonium player Gail Robertson. With the Barclay Brass, D.C. takes an outsized role in the small world of classical brass music 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

For most of Mr. Levy’s quicksilver career, his constant companion was his best-known composition, the opera “Mourning Becomes Electra.” Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

“His composition and storytelling was absolutely wonderful, and I said, ‘If you ever want to direct live action, please, please direct me,’ ” Mr. Cruise said by telephone from Tokyo. Brad Bird Directs ?Mission: Impossible ? Ghost Protocol? 2011-12-09T15:27:23Z

Williams’s version of this Dizzy Gillespie composition is relaxed, soulful and grooving, yet constantly surprising. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

A slightly larger picture from the Gere Collection, “The Walls of Rome,” on loan to the National Gallery in London, confirms the originality of the painter’s approach to composition and light. Exhibition Review: 17th Century Art: The Landscape Comes of Age 2011-06-03T12:00:43Z

In explaining it to me, he cites great architects of the past, Vanbrugh, Lutyens and Le Corbusier, and talks about its "composition". Maggie's cancer care centre, Newcastle – review 2013-05-18T23:05:22Z

The train provided a living environment for creativity, where the musicians involved could create completely new compositions as they were inspired by the people and places they encountered. Doug Aitken explains how 'Station to Station' became 62 one-minute films, rolled into one 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

Similarly, our metabolic rate — how much energy we burn at rest — also varies from person to person based on many factors, including body composition or how much muscle and fat we have. It’s time to bust the ‘calories in, calories out’ weight-loss myth 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z

It’s the awe-inspiring, wide-screen breadth of his trumpet sound, the slowly accruing power of his compositions, and his way of making even small ensembles sound spacious — and ancient. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

But Wainwright is also a consummate songwriter, and ultimately all those tasty little pop nuggets serve as glittery packing peanuts for one of his best-ever compositions. Rufus Wainwright's Out of the Game: The Experimental Singer-Songwriter Goes Mainstream 2012-05-02T10:45:07Z

Most of Herbert’s work is hard, if not impossible, to date — no one is sure about the order of its composition. Book review: ‘Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert,’ by John Drury

On songs such as the ballad "Sultry," "I Believe In You," and the gorgeous "Silverado" – all Lanois compositions - she provided the right mix of raspy strength and vulnerability. Daniel Lanois' Black Dub takes off in many directions 2011-06-11T14:28:00Z

His early paintings have the raw, tortured feel of Francis Bacon, who was briefly a friend, but by his graduation in 1962, Bowling was creating vibrant, geometric compositions with a Pop Art aesthetic. Frank Bowling’s New Paintings Are Family Affairs 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z

As the critic Jonathan Rosenbaum writes in notes that accompany the disc, “Each beautiful composition — that is to say, each shot — tells a separate story.” Lav Diaz and Pedro Costa: Slow Cinema on the Cutting Edge 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Zhou, 57, was exiled during the Cultural Revolution but enrolled in the first composition class just after the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing reopened in 1977. 2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music 2011-04-22T17:12:05Z

The nature of almost any Monk composition is that it's difficult to play – but Thelonious's problem was that he didn't want to admit there was anything unusual or difficult. 50 great moments in jazz: The renaissance of Thelonious Monk 2010-04-29T15:28:00Z

Once it is, “adherence to the original terms of composition is waived,” he wrote. Make Music New York’s Main Act Is Cardew’s ‘Great Learning’ 2013-06-20T22:28:32Z

For the past 20 years he’s also been quietly producing collages like these, notecard-size pieces of delicately layered newsprint on cardstock that echo a similar worldview, scrambling imagery to create alternatingly deadpan and revelatory compositions. Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Zhang, Swed writes, treated the composition — written during World War II — “as a newsreel with the marching armies and the vistas of devastation. She amplifies the threat and underscores the danger.” Essential Arts & Culture: A 2017 rewind, lots of 'Nutcracker' and Bach, art and selfie marketing 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

The letter now bears hundreds of signatures, including those of several leading lights of classical composition. Former Juilliard Chair Put on Leave Amid Sexual Misconduct Investigation 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

The hourlong composition, resisting its own momentum, breaks into too many disparate pieces, nearly as loose and attenuated as the stuff on the floor. Review: A Tap Prodigy, Growing Up in Public 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

In most conservatories, usually half of the composition students are women these days. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: The Female Factor 2011-01-18T20:58:10Z

Other than a soulful take on Ray Noble's "Cherokee" as well as a song each by Terence Blanchard and Debussy, the album sets aside familiar covers for Washington's original compositions. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic'

The pictures are incorporated into tidy, larger compositions of narrow lines and thick bars, a sort of hard-edge geometric imagery that’s also common throughout the industrialized world. Review | In the galleries: At cultural center, art that’s tethered to South Korea 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Most of Murakami’s paintings proclaim his Superflat theory in the way they flatten boundaries between high and low culture and emphasize two-dimensional figures and compositions. Wildly popular exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s art opens Saturday in Vancouver, B.C. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Generally considered the oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, it is written in ancient Greek musical notation and probably dates from the period 200 B.C. to A.D. ArtsBeat: The Sounds of the Vibraphone Summon Audiences in Miami 2011-01-28T22:42:28Z

Our reviewer, Mark Levine, praised Robinson’s “bold and angular visual style,” which features deceptively simple brushwork and masterly compositions. The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Another of Matisse's compositions was taken along with four other paintings, including one by Picasso, from a Paris museum in a 2010 heist. US agents seize painting thought to be stolen £2m Matisse 2012-07-19T07:56:24Z

Transposed to the modern guitar, the light-and-shadow contrasts of Dowland’s compositions become starker; the flights of counterpoint more brilliant. Classical Playlist: Strauss, Bartok, John Dowland and More 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

And Hitchens tended to be repetitive, depending on a small stock of choice phrases and cliches to solve the problems of composition. The Orwell prize gets Hitched 2012-05-28T09:34:25Z

It was different from the composition of the paintings that preceded it. Caravaggio and me 2010-07-24T23:04:00Z

That experience gave rise to an early electronic composition, “The Expression of Zaar.” Halim El-Dabh, Composer of Martha Graham Ballets, Dies at 96 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

I can’t help wishing Ballet Theater would try some of Mr. Taylor’s more audacious compositions; I recall how well it used to dance the infinitely poignant “Sunset” in the 1980s. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater at City Center - Review 2011-11-10T23:06:42Z

The Wagner composition is featured in a prominent sequence in the earlier movie after Lt. A Pop-Culture Glossary for ‘Da 5 Bloods’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z

“The framing and the composition and the soft depth of focus is in the style of fiction cinema,” he explained. James Longley’s “Angels Are Made of Light” Captures the Daily Despair of Ordinary Afghans 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

More importantly, the compositions unlocked a gift for comedic storytelling and a confidence that launched a prolific career that continues to this day at the age of 76. Kooky thoughts and tweets keep Bill Cosby comically busy 2014-01-09T13:02:35Z

Her years at the Globe, she added, also provided “a master class” in dramatic composition and in balancing the needs of music and prose in a play. Writing Her Way From Backstage to Broadway 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

The composition creates the illusion of two joined vertical panels, suggestive of Far Eastern twin-leaf screens. Auctions: London Auctions Highlight Insatiable Appetite for Contemporary Art 2011-02-18T17:00:06Z

But his 8-foot-tall trompe l’oeil neon profile is an eye-catching exception — as is its neighbor, a large, packed composition, “Animal Hours,” by the British installation artist Helen Marten. Painting: An (Incomplete) Survey of the State of the Art 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Wynne Greenwood’s outdoor public composition, called “In Loving Memory,” for example, seems barely touched by tech at all, at least on the surface. At Seattle Art Fair, the Interaction Between Technology and Modern Life 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z

Though overtly dramatic and mostly accessible, the music is so inventive and charged with ambiguities that talk of conservative versus experimental approaches to composition seems pointless. Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall - Review 2011-10-24T21:46:31Z

Wolfe, for example, won the Pulitzer Prize last week for her composition "Anthracite Fields," inspired by the deadly work of coal miners. Art, not politics led to dissident artist Tania Bruguera's Herb Alpert award 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

It’s not a note, not a scale, not a composition — although the raga is sung in the framework of a composition. With Open Ears, Indian Ragas and Western Melodies Merge 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Some of the birthday honoree’s own compositions will be performed as well. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Jan. 23-29 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

This term refers to the confusion that has arisen around competing claims of the numerous versions and editions of his works, full of complexities stemming from Bruckner’s intricate patterns of composition, revision and publication. Still Searching For Bruckner?s True Intentions 2011-07-09T04:30:28Z

Babbitt was a prominent composition teacher, and a number of his students achieved prominence of their own – most notably Stephen Sondheim. Milton Babbitt obituary 2011-01-30T18:29:19Z

Clever compositions enliven the shots of cameras and control rooms, where screens within screens transmit tendentious opinions to the American people. “The Loudest Voice” Eviscerates Roger Ailes and Fox News 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

When medieval painters incorporated memento mori into their compositions—the skull dabbed into a portrait of courtly gents, say—they were proclaiming, “Beware earthly delights, for hell is everlasting!” Meeting Death with Words 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

I like to make some kind of composition happen while I'm playing. Jazz guitar master Jim Hall dies at 83 2013-12-11T14:40:49Z

His catalog of over a half-century’s compositions and his playing on reed instruments are both rightfully talked about with awe, as is his record as a mentor. An Experimental Master Gets His Due Onstage in New York 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

And Mr. Van Noten’s compositions became much clearer up close, or they acquired a 3-D cast when seen at a distance. | Fashion Review: Turning the Gaze Back to the Clothes 2011-03-04T00:33:54Z

I am not a pianist, so when I started to write my own contribution to Judith's book, I wanted to refresh my memory of what beginner-level compositions for piano look, sound and feel like. Finding the sweet spot: writing for amateur pianists 2012-06-08T14:29:09Z

Color, light and composition provide more than enough drama for the photographer, who rarely focuses on moments of human emotion. At the Corner Store, Goertel’s photos make a splash without the flash 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Her depiction of Cromwell's vast, capacious intelligence is a near-miracle of composition, and it is tempting to conflate his mind, so Shakespearean in humanity and scope, with the author's. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

The mellow light of a late afternoon plays on the foliage of an old oak that fills the composition, exhibited a year later at the Royal Academy. The Beauty of the Modest Auction 2011-01-21T14:30:05Z

When he died in 2011 at 94, Babbitt was still better known for the divisive essay “Who Cares if You Listen?” than for his groundbreaking compositions. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

There’s a feeling of dusky enigma in these compositions, but also a gripping suspense, especially as the album establishes a flow. New releases by Charlie Haden and Jim Hall, and Bill Frisell 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

I was directing my first movie, "Dallas 362" and the amazing cinematographer Philip Parmet taught me a lot about light and composition. With 'Five-O' on hiatus, Scott Caan gets to play (in a play he wrote) 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

The orchestra’s campaign raised $15,585 from 86 backers, and this month, “Stroke,” one of Ms. Tower’s pieces from the resulting album, is up for a Grammy Award for best contemporary classical composition. Kickstarter as a Path to Grammy Nominations, Far Beyond the Indie Scene 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

“Blackwing Palomino” is one of its five original compositions, a moseying tune that conveys intensity of purpose without ever breaking a sweat. The Playlist: Barack Obama’s Summery Playlists and Green Day’s Fiery Return 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

The composition is reminiscent of other late, playful works by Kandinsky that were recently on view in the revelatory Guggenheim show of his work. Salon Art+Design Brings Home and Art Closer Together 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

There he encountered several teachers who cultivated his interest in music theory and composition. Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

The music, a new composition by Oliver Davis, sounds like a paint-by-numbers contemporary ballet score, and Liang’s neoclassical choreography looks like something that any skilled dancemaker might have created in the last few decades. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

Nothing gets in our way as we wander through these elaborate compositions, warming to the quiet intelligence and patient craft with which they were made, and slipping into their deep, meditative strangeness. Art Review: ?Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism? - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:51Z

This is more poetry as collage than true composition. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

He graduated from Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England, and received a master’s degree in composition from the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England. Saya Kitasei, Jered Sorkin 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z

In addition to the abstract etching, the show will include nine black-and-white drawings — graphite on paper — that are abstract in composition. Inside Art: Abstract Meditations 2010-09-23T21:39:00Z

Food composition databases such as CalorieKing compile information about the energy and nutrient content of various foods. Calories and kilojoules: how do we know the energy content of food and how accurate are the labels? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z

Even if you don't listen to much experimental music, the stories around it are fantastic: compositions that last for 1,000 years; mics swinging from the ceiling; bands taking pneumatic drills to their own stage. Tim Jonze On Shuffle … Experimental music 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z

From his composition teachers at Columbia University, he absorbed the 12-tone technique but used it, he once explained, as “a generalized means of expression rather than a way to compose.” Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64 2011-04-23T23:48:51Z

Parker took the harmonic structures of popular songs, and of his own compositions, and complexified them, extending the range of improvisations into exotically chromatic realms. Ornette Coleman’s Revolution 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

These concerts have extended the group's artistic reach just as they have plugged salient gaps in our understanding of the amazing breadth of contemporary composition. Frank's energetic chamber works reveal multi-cultural roots 2011-01-19T16:19:49Z

On the outer ring of the structure, a shoemaker will be demonstrating his craft, showcasing the structural composition of the products being sold. Camper Moves into Buckminster Fuller’s Dome on Vitra’s Campus in Germany 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

“You’re constantly moving back and forth between the politics and the composition,” she said. Amanda Gorman’s Poetry United Critics. It’s Dividing Translators. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Classical music Philip Glass A musical conversation with one of the towering figures of contemporary composition. Walter Mosley, John Mayer and artist Eli Hansen are A&E highlights this week 2010-03-24T23:21:00Z

When he exclaims "How he rung upon the rein…" his image might extend to the restraints and liberations of composition. Poem of the week: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins 2010-04-05T09:00:00Z

Like Sorey, Mitchell is known for explosive improvisation but also for highly concentrated compositions that guide the listener to an uncanny focus on sound itself. Volcanic drummer and MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winner Tyshawn Sorey premieres new work with Seattle Symphony 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

But it also includes experimental compositions and arrangements involving strings and field recordings and an out-of-tune piano. Popcast: Tenement, Punk and the DIY Scene 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

There are fruitful overlaps with contemporary classical composition, experimental rock music and improvisation. Sound art is here to stay 2010-05-07T12:27:00Z

I’m supporting myself through composition commissions right now, but I’m also a full-time student at Yale. He Turned ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Into Protest Music 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Even before Stravinsky himself converted to Schoenberg’s 12-tone method of composition, Fine began writing serial music. Celebrating the Works of Irving Fine, Born 100 Years Ago 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

It would be no surprise if discussions over the composition of the final team screen took longer than the construction of the show. Monday's Newsnight: self-flagellation, then back to shouty service 2012-11-13T01:27:06Z

“People are improvising, in time,” Mr. Mitchell said, “and I’m taking different elements of the composition and sculpting pictures behind them.” Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

“He just showed them the compositions, and then they all just spat out those beautiful songs.” The rage of Van Morrison and the battle behind his masterpiece, ‘Astral Weeks’ 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Other photographs suggest the impassive forms of the pyramid at Tenayuca as an inspiration for the immovable frontality of Mr. Albers’s compositions. Art Review | Josef Albers and Ken Price: Josef Albers and Ken Price: Bauhaus Meets Venice Beach 2010-03-18T22:29:00Z

Something or Other,” as cut-paper shards fly outward, fabrics unravel, and a bird feather, stabbing into the composition’s center, seems to be exploding and disintegrating. Art Review: Versatile Collagist, Dangerous Times 2011-03-31T22:05:39Z

That individual style came out not only in composition but also in performance: Mr. Taylor’s elastic phrasing in “Your Smiling Face” and “Sweet Baby James”; Ms. King’s stretched vowels, sung with her head back. Music Review: Carole King and James Taylor at the Garden 2010-06-16T22:06:00Z

Audience members will hear the compositions resulting from these musical play dates, with Michael Adelson leading musicians and teaching artists of the New York Philharmonic. Classical Music & Opera Listings for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

And yet in the years since that Bernstein debacle, the distinction between improvisation and composition has also come “under serious threat,” as the musician and scholar George Lewis has said. Orchestras Looking to Broaden Horizons? Start Improvising 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

The theater’s board of directors, for instance, did not “reflect the composition of the community” when he arrived; of its 26 members only two were people of color. After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Joyce’s disability never kept her from embracing music — she holds composition degrees from Juilliard, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Yale. For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

But composition, in obedience to the maternal prescription, was always the ambition. Ivor Novello, master of the musical 2012-08-03T21:55:11Z

The Zwirner exhibition tries to offer a window into Albers’s creative process, how he thought about composition and color. Delivering Fresh Attention to Josef Albers 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

We don’t think of him as a politically engaged artist, and this show includes familiar, color-saturated compositions of lovers by the waterside, revelers celebrating Purim, and goats and cows flying through the air. Flying Goats and Black Squares, Charging Into the Future 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

He was involved in a large number of musical and composition projects in schools in the UK and elsewhere as well as the annual "Strike out" course for children. Steve Martland obituary 2013-05-08T15:54:48Z

At work in the unmarked, gray suburban building, the rapper born Marshall Mathers held a pen and a tattered Detroit Lions composition book, writing in solitude for no project in particular. Eminem Collaborates on the Album for the Film ‘Southpaw’ 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Despite the band's name-checking of composers, of the 13 tracks on the new album, the majority are original compositions. The classic pop of Clean Bandit 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile her ordeal inspired a new creative initiative, the Loading Dock Project, built around a new composition based on interviews she plans to conduct with criminals and victims. Remaking a Dark Tale, With Real-Life Notes 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z

Mr. Lipes, with an eye for pleasing, natural compositions and a knack for visual understatement, shows a similar sense of decorum. ‘Ballet 422’ Captures Justin Peck and City Ballet in Creative Motion 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

He doesn’t shrink from moving a couch, adding a window or even changing the color of the sky if it serves a painting’s overall composition. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hearne wrote material to complement six tracks from the record — “Amerykhan Promise,” “The Healer,” “Soldier,” “Master Teacher,” “Twinkle” and “Me” — as well as four interludes and compositions in themselves. Music Review: Erykah Badu at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-06-09T21:45:40Z

I'm not claiming Manhattan Intermezzo is a piece that takes the concerto genre to places it has never been before, or that it marks a high point in contemporary composition. Neil Sedaka: 'My great love is classical music' 2012-10-12T16:47:00Z

The compositions he writes are often splendid, but if a disruptive thought occurs, he’s liable to muck them up with a zigzagging phrase or a roughly split tone. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Pop Art again followed with Roy Lichtenstein’s 1995 composition, “Collage for Nude With Shirt,” done as a throwback to the 1960s. A Dreary Sense of Duty Reigns at Auctions 2010-07-02T16:30:00Z

James has draped his purling baritone across jazz standards, the Billie Holiday songbook, his own languorous funk tunes and now the compositions of Bill Withers. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a piece with a lot of improvisation, one that takes a lot of cues from its literary source, but at the same time it’s a marvel of composition. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z

Newman, nominated during his career for 20 Oscars - winning twice - is best known by younger audiences for his movie compositions in Disney/Pixar films like the Toy Story franchise. Rock Hall of Fame inductees welcomed 2013-04-19T09:52:31Z

Steer uses the harp, among other instruments, to invoke modern classical composition as much as folk-pop. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-06T00:06:21Z

He wrote operas and other stage plays, patriotic compositions and sacred music when not teaching. Mozart museum seeks to debunk evil Salieri poison myth 2014-01-30T15:48:12Z

This is, after all, the composer who, beyond his serious classical compositions, wrote a Concerto Gastronomique for waiter, eater, food and orchestra. Maclom Arnold's The Dancing Master finally comes in from the cold 2012-10-11T10:57:48Z

It’s a medical scene that involves both physical and verbal comedy and that derives its humor from the crucial intersection of performance and visual composition. Everyone Is a "Trainwreck" 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Many of the wood-panel pieces seamlessly incorporate the natural grain of the wood into their composition. Sculptor Philip McCracken's cosmic turn 2011-12-15T21:01:06Z

“Local” also implies grass roots, a leveling in which everything is equal, which is inherent in Mr. Judd’s idea of “nonrelational” compositions of “equal parts” — as Ms. Norden describes in her essay. ‘Local History: Castellani, Judd, Stella,’ at Dominique Lévy 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

"Artists study drawing; musicians study compositions; only choreographers are left alone to learn their craft," he said. ArtsBeat: At Press Conference, Benjamin Millepied Responds to Questions About New Paris Opera Ballet Post 2013-01-24T19:49:32Z

Likewise, microbiomes in soil differ in composition depending on region, type of soil, plant matter, and a variety of other factors. The connection between soil microbiomes and gut microbiomes 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

It’s as if Schatzberg, having sought in movies a dramatic continuity that still photos couldn’t provide, were tearing away not only at that very continuity but also at his own sense of pictorial composition. Early Meryl Streep and Peak Alan Alda in “The Seduction of Joe Tynan” 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The singing is just as expressively restrained on “Ana’s Way,” which features Kurt Elling, and builds on a composition previously titled “Ana Grace.” Jimmy Greene’s 'Beautiful Life' Is a Eulogy to a Daughter 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Sitting in the fifth row, I often felt pinned to the back of my seat by the show’s need to transform Coleman’s coolly swinging, jazz-inflected compositions into something hotly theatrical. | 'The Best Is Yet to Come': Brassy and Bawdy, With Fingers Snapping 2011-05-26T22:00:14Z

For his set, which was essentially one long, mostly improvised composition, Mr. Lopatin primarily played a synthesizer routed through a sea of effects pedals, holding fatty notes until they bent or became distended. Music Review: Floating and Bobbing in an Oceanic Swell of Sound 2010-08-30T21:58:00Z

Lombardi battles a bevy of cartoonish assassins, seemingly inspired by the Jason Bourne universe, in enjoyable hand-to-hand fight scenes, featuring fluid editing and open compositions. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

But also here was Homer the lover of paint, whose tactile surfaces, sense of space and unusual compositions identified many of his canvases as suavely proto-modernist. Best Art of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

The first gallery, smartly installed, is as carefully choreographed as the artists' own compositions, with photographs talking to their neighbors. Making photos, not taking them; the distinction in 'Perfect Likeness' 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Such historically minded analyses can lose sight of the straightforward delights of Gorey’s art — his astonishing draftsmanship and pitch-perfect composition, informed by a lifelong love of film, theater and ballet. Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds 2011-03-06T00:26:18Z

The 112-year-old club traditionally honoured "Americans of great distinction" solely in music composition, literature and art. Streep elected to elite academy 2010-04-13T08:20:00Z

Babbitt’s rapid-fire compositions also echo his reputation as a virtuoso raconteur, one whose purview included comprehensive knowledge of baseball and beer. Making Milton Babbitt’s Legacy Less Fearsome 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

Indian instruments evoking warbles, tribal African songs integrating calls, Olivier Messiaen compositions including avian transcriptions: Birdsong has been a cornerstone of musical development across cultures and centuries. A Boxed Set for the Birds Hopes to Save Them, Too 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z

Where Frankenheimer is concerned with placing the actors within an articulated, expressive space, Bass is more focused on bold compositions, quick cutting and other forms of immediate visual gratification. Video : Start Your High-Def Engines 2011-05-22T00:53:01Z

"Black and white tended to be used in ambitious and complicated compositions," Gimenez explained. It's all black and white in new Picasso exhibition 2012-10-04T21:10:28Z

I have not taken one composition class in my entire life. Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels Win the Pulitzer Prize for Music 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

Eventually he came up with Anna, and it seemed like the right fit for his approach to composition, which is steeped in jazz and the whole idiom of contemporary American music.” Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z

Proponents combine fasting with obsessive tracking of vitals including body composition, blood glucose and and ketones – compounds produced when the body raids its own fat stores, rather than relying on ingested carbohydrates, for energy. The Silicon Valley execs who don't eat for days: 'It's not dieting, it's biohacking' 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

The graphic shorthand of cartooning is a recurring element even in his mostly abstract compositions. Review | George Condo is not as complicated as he thinks he is 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

This new master of Fab Fourology studied the Beatles' compositions, sound and impact on pop culture. Canadian woman is world's first Beatles graduate 2011-01-27T11:25:06Z

He’s one of many experts and enthusiasts who produced the first modern editions of Lusitano’s compositions and shared them on free online databases. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Guy Tillim, a South African cameraman with a gift for striking photographic composition, provides some answers in "Second Nature," now on show at James Harris Gallery. A contemporary photographic look at Gauguin's Polynesia 2012-02-23T21:29:05Z

Put a ruler on the picture, see what happens in what section, and where it breaks its own rules of ordered composition. LS Lowry's rage against the machine 2013-06-13T06:00:04Z

Bilal, the elder sibling, accused of terrorist plotting, will return to his cell, where the compositions in his head will keep him company. ‘Bars and Measures’ Review: Notes From Jail 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

In the first gallery, nine tiny lithographs — each measuring 3 inches square, each in its own handmade frame, and all from 1949 or 1950 — combine the dissonance of collage with the harmony of resolved compositions. Frederick Hammersley at L.A. Louver: There's more than meets the eye 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Crucial to understanding how to build an ice cream formula is knowing the composition of your ingredients; this basic information is important no matter the preparation at hand. The science behind the scoop: Four key factors to consider when making ice cream 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

Her preferred composition for a lemon bar, she said, is 1 to 1.7 — not quite the Golden Ratio, but unnervingly close. The Ideal Lemon Bar: A Fierce Filling and a Strong Supporting Crust 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

And so I sit with the composition notebook the occupational therapist has given me open in my lap. Seventeen Days on a Locked Ward 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

It is a very unusual composition to me. Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

That’s supported by these great early compositions, and the economy of the “Corelli” Variations — the transformations of the theme with references to everything from jazz to a cappella singing. At 150, Rachmaninoff and His Music Are ‘Here to Stay’ 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

By doing what he did to the "James Bond Theme," whoever wrote it or rewrote it, Barry did eternal honor to the crucial middle step between composition and orchestration. 'Bond' theme writer John Barry dead at 77 2011-01-31T19:16:00Z

Titled “Double Crossing Lonesome Valley,” the nearly symmetrical composition presents a pair of arabesque-adorned shapes. The residents of 'Lonesome Valley' play well with one another 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

It was rumoured that Beyondness … had been derived from his rejected score for The Horse Whisperer, and a certain sameness of mood could be discerned creeping into his compositions. John Barry obituary 2011-01-31T15:01:24Z

He emerged from the dubstep scene but his cerebral, ambient compositions have little to do with the genre he has as "testosterone-driven" and "macho". Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z

A paper trail of his many movements exists almost by accident, with most of his symphonies including the precise locations of their composition: Pontefract, Leeds, Sunderland, Richmond. William Herschel Is Famous for Science. What About His Music? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

For me, a view is predicated on an experience of space, and involves distance, the horizon and a composition. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z

Horizon lines were carefully matched up with the composition of the original photo and contours of the land. Nick Brandt's 'Inherit the Dust' photos track Africa's tragic urban sprawl 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Intriguingly, he gestured in that direction here too, spiking each set with a vintage Human Feel composition: first “Older Sports,” by Jim Black, then “Retrogression,” by Chris Speed. Music Review: Mining His Vault: Kurt Rosenwinkel at Village Vanguard 2010-06-24T21:21:00Z

The hard-to-pin-down composition of these spectral images is at the core of the artist’s point. ‘Liberty Bell’ Tolls for Sites Where History Is Alive and Kicking 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

They’re most interesting in conjunction with a similar composition from 1987, this one made by photocopying a piece of folded paper. 2010-02-12T00:02:00Z

To walk around Caro’s pieces is to see their compositions shift radically. Anthony Caro's 1960s work -- the thrill is still here 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

But as much as Mr. West is ridiculed for his naïveté, the film pays tribute to American action films and slapstick comedies with its strong, simple compositions and dynamically edited nonstop action. DVD: Landmarks of Early Soviet Film Come to DVD 2011-10-09T03:23:03Z

OSLO, Norway — Norway is celebrating the 150th anniversary of expressionist painter Edvard Munch's birth with postage stamps of his most famous compositions, including "The Scream" - the world's most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. Norway honors Munch with 'The Scream' stamp 2013-02-13T17:16:04Z