Sentence examples for musical backgrounds from inspiring English sources

Yet in the mid-1970s, younger American musicians from varying musical backgrounds rediscovered this "roots" music on 78-rpm recordings, and they sought out the surviving old masters of whom Dave Tarras was particularly influential.

Hal Willner has put together one of his typically eclectic musical backgrounds in which Bob Dylan, Arvo Pärt, cabaret music and heaven-knows-what arrive and disappear in quick cuts just like the scene changes and movement.

Deep Purple's members were experienced musicians with different musical backgrounds: Lord had trained in classical music and had played in jazz and blues rock ensembles, Blackmore and Simper came from session work in pop rock, Paice and Evans from beat bands.

Some of the music's eclectic mix derives from the diverse musical backgrounds of the members of the band, which practices in and sometimes performs concerts in a barn in Vernon Township.

A full-year general music theory class is offered for students of varying musical backgrounds, and semester-long courses in acting and directing and play production are also available.

However, music offers certain advantages over other domains of specialist knowledge in that musical expertise is not rare in the wider population and there is a widely accepted 'canon' of musical skills and compositions, enabling the uniform assessment of music knowledge in a population of healthy individuals with similar musical backgrounds.

"He wanted to know everything about Mandela's musical background, the tribal music, the protest tradition," he says.

My main musical background is classical music.

But I say, 'When you've played 15 years, you can pick the music.' " Lemieux has a musical background.

The questionnaire assessed musical background and personal responses to music.

Monteux set about rebuilding the orchestra, auditioning players from all kinds of musical background, some of whom had not played symphonic music before.