The aria is in the key of D minor, in the manner of a Renaissance lament, with a hint of synagogue chant; Oppenheimer sings a grand, doleful, nobly stammering melody, while the orchestra mimics the sound of viols and lutes.
Ashton invented all manner of minor characters to enliven the action, especially in the largely celebratory third act.
He began to use it "at any moment," not only for major speeches but for all manner of minor announcements.
Cable news stations have been criticized for "event-izing" all manner of minor news occurrences — President Obama's first news conference comes to mind.
The deity was paraded in a splendid procession, together with the lesser gods of the minor shrines, in a manner similar to that of the king, who issued from his palace on festival days and paraded around his city, escorted by courtiers, troops, and musicians.
In this period Smetana planned a cycle of so-called "album leaves", short pieces in every major and minor key, after the manner of Chopin's Preludes.
The long orchestral prelude (166 bars) is in E-flat minor and, in the manner of an operatic overture, anticipates several of the themes which will be heard later in the movement.
SJG-136 (NSC 694501, BN2629, SG2000) is a novel DNA crosslinking agent that binds in a sequence-specific manner the minor groove of the helix (Gregson et al, 2001; Hartley et al, 2004).
Arginines and lysines from the helix-B region protrude towards AT-rich (ATTTA and TAATG) minor grooves in a manner reminiscent of histone-DNA interactions in nucleosomes (Luger et al., 1997).
He thought of what lay ahead; the red tape, the interminable waits, the slow motion advance from desk to desk, and the irritatingly self-important manner of several minor officials.
