Sentence examples for central touchstone from inspiring English sources

Beethoven was an even more central touchstone to an orchestra in the mid-19th century when the Philharmonic's predecessor, the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn, was founded, than he is today, and the concert was organized around demonstrations of his continued influence and power.

This opinion, in Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., became a central touchstone of American tort law, one with such abiding force in legal culture that a re-enactment of the 1924 accident, performed with Legos, is now posted on YouTube.

Renowned for allowing musicians free rein in the studio — and not producers, as was then the custom in Nashville — Hillbilly Central produced outlaw touchstones like Jennings's 1975 classic "Dreaming My Dreams" and Kinky Friedman's 1973 debut album, "Sold American".

When Boris decided to make youth crime a touchstone election issue, Central Office inevitably sent him to Lewis, and the attractions for the community worker of being associated with a man who had so many well-heeled supporters were obvious.

A new Erato recording should quell doubts about Mr. Nagano's way with the touchstone works of the Central European heritage: Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

The heart of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, its emotional touchstone, and one of its central plot mechanisms, is a lost child.

Many philosophical schools have at their core one particular thinker or even one central work which serves as a canonical touchstone.

The duality was so central to the character, that it became a touchstone the actor could return to again and again, as encouraged by director Susanne Bier.

But the document quickly gained a central place in English political life and remains a touchstone of English liberties.

But because Harlem has long been a cultural touchstone, its survival as a predominantly black neighborhood has become central to the efforts of at least a half dozen groups.

Drawing remains a central and pivotal activity to the work of many artists and designers – a touchstone and tool of creative exploration that informs visual discovery.