Sentence examples for d e flat from inspiring English sources

Shostakovich had a penchant for using recurring motifs in his scores, almost like dropped clues, especially the DSCH motif, drawn from letters in his name (which correspond in pitch to D, E flat, C, B).

These letters — the first four of D. Schostakowitsch, the German spelling of his name — are translated to musical notes as D, E flat, C and B. The quartet opens with the cello playing the funereal sequence, which is then mournfully intoned by the other strings.

Eight crooks in D, E-flat, E, F, G, A-flat, B-flat, and B.

(In German usage, D-Es-C-H stands for the notes D-E flat-C-B).

Extensive references to Shostakovich's works and repeated use of his musical signature (DSCH, played D-E flat-C-B) made the symphony seem a bit like a gruesome patchwork animated à la Frankenstein's monster.

Passacaglia on DSCH (1962): played by the composer, a revelation of this simultaneously awe-inspiringly virtuosic and epically diverse piece, but it's tied together by the ever-present focus on the musical motto of Shostakovich's name, used by Dmitri himself in so many of his compositions: D - E flat ("Es" in German nomenclature) – C – B natural ("H" in the German system).

The music then pushes on past this leap of faith through C#, D and E flat before collapsing back into A flat.

It is the way you might expect someone to play, for example, who in notes for Saint-Saëns's Second Cello Concerto can pause to savor a fleeting modulation from D to E flat "of which the Beatles would have been proud," then go on to remark that Saint-Saëns and John Lennon shared the same birth date.

Three exceptional soloists, violinist Alina Ibragimova, cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Steven Osborne, made their UK premiere as a trio – having performed once before, in Brussels – with Schubert's works for those forces in B flat D 898 and E flat D 929.

Keys are characterized by sets of pitch classes, for example, the notes C, D, E, A-flat, etc.

C is red; D flat, purple; D, dark blue; E flat, gray; E, ivory; F, taxicab yellow; F sharp, dark green; G, light blue; A flat, violet; A natural here's a good onel brick pink; B flat, mahogany; B natural, light green.