Variations for solo instruments continued to be written; familiar examples are Felix Mendelssohn's Variations serieuses and Ludwig van Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.
By finding a new way to write familiar lives - well buttressed, but empathetic and approachable, too - she has succeeded on her own terms in a male world.
Reviewing the duo on its posthumous publication in 1838, Schumann wrote: "Familiar as I am with his style and with his particular treatment of the piano, and comparing this work with his other sonatas, in which the true characteristics of the piano are expressed in their purest form, I can only explain this work as an orchestral piece.
He has made his Newark childhood, his loving, annoying parents, his Jewishness, his sexuality, his very writing life familiar and vivid to millions of readers.
In a direct writing style familiar to those who follow Ms. Morgenson's Sunday "Fair Game" column, the authors piece together the rapid rise in high-risk mortgages and the swift collapse of the complex financial scaffolding that supported them.
You will read great writing from familiar names, such as Michael Cox of Zonal Marking and Brian Phillips, who has written for Slate and Grantland as well as his own Run of Play blog.
Much of the vocal writing is familiar Glassian declamation, but there are some sweetly lyrical touches, too, including a lovely aria for Galileo's daughter, sung affectingly by Alicia Berneche.
Providing the style of writing is familiar, a Spritz reader's brain might still have some ability to guess any missing words and work out the meaning of a text.
In an introductory message on the website, Rowling describes the reimagined site as "a place where you can explore my writing both familiar and new, and where you can read features, articles, and news from the Pottermore team".
How much of what he writes is familiar?
