Sentence examples for extended composition from inspiring English sources

Mingus's two numbers — one an extended composition akin to the moody opening arrangement and a second on which Mingus plays piano and recites, as it bursts from melancholy peroration into a churchy stomp — mark a transition in his work.

Symphonie pour un homme seul, a descriptive suite about man and his activities, is an extended composition in 11 movements.

Her extended composition "The Zodiac Suite," an answer to Ellington's "Black, Brown and Beige," merging classical and jazz idioms, debuted at Town Hall on Dec. 31, 1945.

A pianist with a light touch and percussive attack, he seldom chose to solo himself; one of his most acclaimed works, the extended composition Fountainebleau, includes no improvisation at all.

"Harmonic Meetings," a double album consisting of an extended composition and some shorter pieces, expands the music's range by adding substantial Indian elements, and by focusing on individual singers, particularly Mr. Hykes and a virtuoso of the Tibetan chanting technique, Timothy Hill.

Recalling his desert sojourn, Mr. Carter said in a 1960 interview: "I had been waiting for just such an opportunity to give form to a number of novel ideas I had had over the previous years, and to work out in an extended composition the character, expression and logic these ideas seemed to demand.

He builds extended compositions from two or three chords, which are repeated again and again, then suddenly interrupted by another set of chords or, occasionally, a rudimental melodic fragment.

Like Ellington's "Reminiscing in Tempo" or "Ad Lib on Nippon," songs like "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker," "Positivity," and "Crystal Ball" exist in a pop context but follow their own rules; they are extended compositions that tell long-form narratives through unique song structures.

These largely keyboard-based bands played extended compositions with complex musical and lyrical structures.

Of these, Chicago in particular experimented with suites and extended compositions, such as the "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" on Chicago II.

Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and musically influential groups in the history of popular music.