Sentence examples for harmony of theme from inspiring English sources

The abstractions of rhythm and harmony, of theme and variation, were in a constant tension with the — well, with the meaning of the musical content.

Racial harmony was a theme of Breathitt's inaugural speech on Dec. 10, 1963.

He also produced such works as the Violin Concerto (1939), the Cello Concerto (1940), the Symphonic Metamorphoses After Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1946), and the operas Die Harmonie der Welt (1957; "The Harmony of the World") and The Long Christmas Dinner (1961).

Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through renewed interest in two ancient themes: the Pythagorean and Platonic "harmony of the celestial spheres" and the legendary effects of the music of bards like Orpheus, Arion, and David.

Thus the Beijing Olympic Committee's theme of "One World, One Dream" can be interpreted as celebrating either the harmony of shared objectives or China's conquest over conflicting, and diverse, values.

Over and above this expression, however, independent music pursues the purely formal development of themes and harmonies for its own sake.

Orchestra: Harmony of Nations.

This includes internal harmony of the body and harmony between the body and its environment.

The harmony theme should not be negligible.

Her music, stocked with the passing chords and dramatic harmonies of Tin Pan Alley, ripples with the theme of worlds hidden beneath the surface: there are songs within songs, speaking of feelings within feelings; she's given herself the freedom of contradicting herself in lyrics and building episodic, slightly disjointed songs.

Still, a listener primed for opera kept hearing it: in the melting woodwind harmonies of the opening movement's subsidiary theme, in the long-breathed sighs of the second movement.