Sentence examples for musical intellectual from inspiring English sources

Peter Serkin is a musical intellectual with a passionate devotion to ideas.

He was a true musical genius — not just a talented performer but also a great musical intellectual.

He was a true musical genius not just a talented performer but also a great musical intellectual.

Like a lot of jazz trombonists, Steve Turre is a musical intellectual, always striving to bring new instruments and new tone colors into his groups.

Gould, by the way, is quite a Brahmsian; I recommend his recording of ten late Intermezzi, performances which the pianist himself (in some extraordinary liner notes — Gould was quite the writer and musical intellectual) rightly calls "sexy".

Gould, by the way, is quite a Brahmsian; I recommend his recording of ten late Intermezzi, performances which the pianist himself (in some extraordinary liner notes Gould was quite the writer and musical intellectual) rightly calls "sexy".

The idea that as classical musicians we have to be musical intellectuals as well as performers puts me off.

In reviewing the accounts of music that have characterized musical and intellectual history, it is clear that the Pythagoreans are reborn from age to age.

Mr. Griffiths is correct to call attention to classical music programming that seems to have little musical or intellectual coherence, specifically the current overexposure of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

While Mr. Burnett was largely offstage, his musical and intellectual signature was all over the concert.

Others will flock to the Jacobs, for its musical and intellectual fireworks.