In fact, they see a host of meaty allusions, major and minor.
His best-selling 2001 book, "The Gospel According to The Simpsons," looked at that television show's many major and minor religious allusions.
The first theme shifts from C minor to C major – another Schubertian feature, and contains many allusions to D-flat major, which finally becomes established in a climactic reference to the Adagio's characteristic plagal cadence.
P.R.: The book is full of allusions to writers because all the major characters in the book are either writers, aspiring writers, translators, or serious readers, and such people talk a lot about books — at least, that's my experience with the writers I know.
The other major thread through this series of tips were allusions that Path was looking for an acquisition.
He also captured their playfulness, as well as the feverish allusions to Schumann in, for example, the E flat major Rhapsodie.
A seemingly casual mention of "portable soup" or "Corelli in C major," for example, identifies the mentioner as a Patrick O'Brian fanatic, whereas a precisely timed allusion to saucisse minuit signifies allegiance to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
That appeared to be an allusion to the past American experience with Mr. Maliki, who has consistently refused to sanction major offensives in Sadr City.
There was a speech by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who calls himself an independent Democrat, and, there has been no allusion whatsoever to race, a potentially volatile issue with the first African-American nominee of a major party.
'The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable' is a major reference work, providing a wealth of fascinating and informative background detail from over 20,000 phrases and allusions used in English today.
The third Quartet was Britten's last major work; the critic Colin Anderson said of it in 2007, "one of Britten's greatest achievements, one with interesting allusions to Bartók and Shostakovich, and written with an economy that opens out a depth of emotion that can be quite chilling".
