Sentence examples for instrumental composition from inspiring English sources

Toward the middle of the 17th century, the multisectional canzona was systematically transformed into a four-movement instrumental composition, as a rule for two treble and two bass instruments, known as the sonata da chiesa, or church form of the trio sonata, although the term canzona was still occasionally used for a movement in fugal style.

Instrumental composition: Pensamientos for Solo Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orechestra, Clare Fischer.

(8) In 1975, he won a Grammy for best instrumental composition.

Claudio Monteverdi devoted more of his energies to vocal than to instrumental composition.

The second award, for instrumental composition, went to "Into the Light," from Mr. Childs's latest release, "Lyric" (ArtistShare).

He called his 30-minute, one-movement "Santa Claus" Symphony "the largest instrumental composition ever written on a single subject, with unbroken continuity".

Scruggs's original instrumental compositions, including "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," were especially popular.

and instrumental compositions of classical music (strings, winds, etc).

The second part of the concert featured Mr. Sánlucar's instrumental compositions.

In North India, however, there are also some purely instrumental compositions, called gat and dhun.

Zwilich's instrumental compositions were often large-scale works in traditional formats.