Definition of the fugue: A composition for two, three or four parts played or sung by voices or instruments which begins with a presentation of a subject in imitation in each part.
The work he played, "The Hermetic Organ, Office No. 8," reflects Mr. Zorn's love of the instrument, which began at 8 after he saw Lon Chaney in the silent horror movie "The Phantom of the Opera".
Townshend was still relatively early into his instrument-wrecking career, which began with his smashing of a Rickenbacker at the Railway Tavern in Wealdstone, north London, in September 1964.
Against a surreal backdrop by scenic designer Derek McLane that's part forest, part musical instrument factory, the production, which began at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, keeps things uncluttered so that the busy actors and our equally busy imaginations won't be obstructed.
Mr. Harrison's fascination with Indian music, which began in 1965 -- after he became curious about exotic instruments on the set of "Help!," the group's second film -- pushed the Beatles' sound world in yet another direction.
"The greatest composers, when they were restricted to writing for a few instruments, came up with their best work," says Dean Corey, executive director of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, which began co-sponsoring programs in 1992 with the long-lived Laguna Chamber Music Society.
Suharto, which began in 1966.
2013," which began: I am Fresno.
The campaign, which began at 3 a.m.
Tutti, which began as the work of Danielle Penny '17, is a massively multiplayer music-making experience in which members of a large audience use their cellphones as musical instruments.
