Sentence examples for serious composition from inspiring English sources

Nor was "serious" composition the only place where the anything-goes philosophy was taking over.

But Pacifico does not strive for serious composition and regional focus, though fresh flavor and indigenous ingredients inform most dishes.

ALTHOUGH serious composition was not considered an indispensable trade in mid-20th-century England, Benjamin Britten, with characteristic understatement, always expressed the hope that his music would at least be thought of as useful.

Mary's lament before the cross is one of Christianity's more emotional texts, and this Stabat Mater sets out to prove that a successful composer of popular opera not only grasped the tools of more serious composition but could make theatrical devices -- smoothly tuneful arias and roiling choruses -- into respectful means of worship as well.

Maud gets a job as a clinical researcher – working on trials of new opioid painkillers – while Tim is comfortably cushioned by a "cash mattress that ensures he can spend his days with his guitars, his yoga, his experimental cookery, his walks across the city, his not-yet-fully commenced life of serious composition".

In the conducive atmosphere of Dartington Imogen resumed serious composition, largely abandoned during the hectic CEMA years.

But his serious compositions were hopelessly derivative.

He craves lasting respect for his serious compositions, although he has not written many of them.

Like a number of Mr. Schickele's more serious compositions, it is earmarked by musical playfulness.

But for more serious compositions, Mr. Marshall recommends GigBaby ($1), a four-track recorder with a drum machine.

Not for him the earnest tack that so many apply when performing Bernstein's "serious" compositions; he prefers livelier moods and more than a touch of pop panache.