Cipriano de Rore, another Netherlander adopted by Italy, felt Willaert's influence strongly yet contrived to set new standards in the interpretation of poetry through music and also to encourage an artistic fusion of the contrapuntal and homophonic styles, using them alternately in one and the same composition according to the dictates of the poem.
It speaks volumes for the vision and energy of the recipient of our lifetime achievement award that he has contrived a way to be influencing how we think about and live our lives, a full century from now.
The New York Times, in a blatant editorial election, contrived to use its banner of influence to revile contemporary art by flagging in two separate editions the same letter parading the moth-eaten defamations of the contemporary art world.
And in the one area of his influence that Barbour unaccountably scants, he had contrived the oddest, most alluring prose of his century – perhaps of all English essayists.
Nearly five millennia ago, Eastern physicians observed the influence of each season on health and contrived specific seasonal advice to avoid illness.
We often believe we experience true creativity in many works of art, however, in reality many artists works are contrived or are to be more respected or highly influenced by other artists.
In a new documentary focussing on the Princess's influence on her sons, light chat over family photos seems contrived to mask a depth of feeling.
Willie Whitelaw, an invaluable support to Margaret Thatcher and a restraining influence on her in the formative years of her premiership, contrived to be a pivotal player while staying out of the public eye for much of the time.
White Hegemony is a carefully calibrated, deliberately contrived system which continues to prevent persons of color from attaining and asserting influence that is at least commensurate with the percentage of the African American population in the United States.
What these men wanted was influence at the least; power – indirect or even direct – where that could be contrived.
And though breaking free of her family's influence was a genuine achievement, the independent-young-woman persona she adopted on "Control" and "Rhythm Nation" felt just as contrived as the wholesome character she played on TV.
