As an accompanist for dancers in rehearsal at MGM in the 1930's, Mr. Henderson composed sketches on the piano.
As you might infer from the title, this was a recording of their live Hollywood Bowl show, composed of sketches from the television series.
I explained that the construction of a scenario, discussions with a librettist, planning the musical architecture, composing preliminary sketches, and writing nearly a thousand pages of orchestral score, demanded a freedom from other work which was an economic impossibility for most young composers.
I explained that the construction of a scenario, discussions with a librettist, planning the musical architecture, composing preliminary sketches, and writing nearly a thousand pages of orchestra score, demanded a freedom from other work which was an economic impossibility for most young composers.
He rarely composed preliminary sketches, instead, working right on the block with a vigorous pace.
These included composing analytical sketches of Buddha and Aristotle, along with examining Bertrand Russell on love and patriotism, Jack London on society, and Nietzsche on the idea of death.
An exuberant, affectionate, and popular lad, of quick wit and lively imagination, he was fond of composing verses, sketching, making fireworks, fishing, shooting, and collecting minerals.
First, I construct a very large dataset composed of sketch and photo pairs.
(Three years after Fey left Chicago, Richmond joined her in New York, where — on his own merits, the people at "S.N.L". take care to point out — he, too, was eventually hired by the show, to compose music for sketches).
Walker Evans, in an edition of "Famous Men" issued in 1960, and, much later, Alfred Kazin, in his memoir "New York Jew," composed emotionally resonant sketches, and there were many others.
Equally eye-catching, albeit in a less dramatic way, was a poster advertising "Inspiration Night" at the Princeton University Art Museum a "Late Thursdays" event designed to give participants an opportunity to sketch, compose, or write in the presence of inspirational works of art, with drawing materials and refreshments provided.
