Sentence examples for compositional ability from inspiring English sources

But though his compositional ability was consistently praised, his stylistic fluctuations decreased the impact of his work.

The count, it seems, pretended to some compositional ability and liked to pass off the work of others as his own.

Her compositional abilities were already fully formed, but the solo approach had limitations.

Doubts about Meyerbeer's compositional abilities, which go back to savage attacks by Wagner, continue to dog his reputation.

But he nailed Wagner (even the book's brevity, you suspect, is a kind of rebuke), while at the same time crediting his compositional abilities and influence.

Throughout these years Bolcom developed his compositional abilities, attempting to break down what he saw as the artificial barriers between popular and "serious" music.

Bernstein, "Chichester Psalms," Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2; Christa Ludwig, Lukas Foss, Wiener Jeunesse Choir, Israel Philharmonic (Deutsche Grammophon) Every household should have copies of "Candide" and "West Side Story," but this disc of Bernstein concert works shows his compositional abilities in particularly sharp focus.

Paul Weller's compositional abilities grew with each release (the hastily recorded second LP, This is the Modern World, perhaps excepted); bowing out with The Gift, he had planted the jazz-funk seeds of his next project, the Style Council.

(Chinen) TYSHAWN SOREY'S OBLIQUITY (Wednesday) Mr. Sorey's explosive drumming has been a welcome new force in the contemporary avant-garde; his compositional abilities, as yet unheralded, find an outlet in this quartet featuring the alto saxophonist Loren Stillman, the pianist Russ Lossing and the bassist Carlo DeRosa.

We did mention this 25-year-old Ypsilanti singer, songwriter and producer before, but there has been a substantial advance in terms of his compositional abilities, and we struggled last time to contain his excellence in a 100-blurb, so here's a 700-word one instead.

(Chinen) TYSHAWN SOREY'S OBLIQUITY (Tuesday) Mr. Sorey's explosive drumming has been a welcome new force in the contemporary avant-garde; his compositional abilities find an outlet in this quartet featuring the alto saxophonist Loren Stillman, the pianist Russ Lossing and the bassist Carlo DeRosa.