Sentence examples for achieving a counterpoint of from inspiring English sources

Giovanni Gabrieli of Venice expanded this principle in his Symphoniae Sacrae (Sacred Symphonies) by setting off choirs of voices or instruments, thus achieving a counterpoint of contrasting sonorities.

This results in a "counterpoint" of connotations and of emotions as well as in a musical counterpoint.

The play unfolds as a counterpoint of three voices.

Ms. Sweete provided a counterpoint of quiet comments, mostly, "Beautiful".

In another context, Levine's approach might have seemed heavy-footed, but here it achieved a mesmerizing counterpoint with Minghella's weightless tableaux.

For Aristotle, pity and fear made a counterpoint typical of Classicism, each tempering the other to create a balance.

Palak paneer was a fine counterpoint of fresh spinach studded with pieces of soft cheese.

The crew expresses sympathy, except for Dick, who provides a stark counterpoint of dissent.

The report is a counterpoint to criticism of the British government's handling of its banking crisis.

Because we naturally will play something based on what they're doing, and it'll be like the counterpoint of a counterpoint.

Mr. Kjartansson often uses the emotive power of music as a counterpoint to the drudgery of durational art performance.