Sentence examples for traditions first from inspiring English sources

As with "Orpheus and Eurydice," "Alceste" signaled change for both the Italian and French traditions; first, as one of Gluck's Italian "reform" operas and second — in the version reconstituted by him for Paris, which the Opéra properly performs — by giving French opera a revitalizing infusion of Italianate music without disrupting its central aesthetic.

This symbol, which combines "ancient Iranian, Arab, Turkic and Mongol traditions", first became a popular symbol in the 12th century.

During the first period, La Tène A (450 400/390 bc), Celtic tradition first encountered Greco-Etruscan imports and ideas.

In her annual broadcast, the Queen broke twice with tradition, first by using sport as a theme and second by broadcasting from Hampton Court Palace rather than Buckingham Palace.

Palm Sunday, also called Passion Sunday, in the Christian tradition, first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

In a program free of big hits at the Isaac Stern Auditorium, Ms. Uchida set the parameters of the Germanic keyboard tradition, first with Bach, then with Schoenberg, and proceeded to fill in much of the middle with works of Schumann.

1B-6 lies to the east of the Acropolis Plaza and contained an ancestral shrine, reflecting a long established tradition first seen at Tikal.

It's all here, and more, reported with absorbing detail in the tradition first set down by Theodore White's template-setting history, The Making of a President, 1960.

The pieces continue Divola's tradition, first initiated in the series "Vandalism," in the mid-1970s, of marking the buildings in some way — with spray paint or found paintings — and then capturing the entire scene in a photograph.

In her respectful hands, geisha are women first, symbols of an increasingly archaic tradition second.

"This is one of the biggest cricket clubs in the world with a history and tradition second to none," Finch said.