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- adverb With regard to
composition - adverb In a
compositional manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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A steady stream of miners also clambered over the narrow pass and up this gorgeous valley to the mining camps near Cooke City and Silver Gate, and self-sufficient homesteaders called the compositionally perfect basin with its steep ridges and fins and buttes, home.
Canada Free Press John Treadwell Dunbar 2010
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Mr. Kubelka, a theorist and experimental filmmaker, oversaw the definitive restoration of Vertov's first sound film, 1930's "Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass" ("Entuziazm (Simfonija Donbassa)"), a compositionally and rhythmically dynamic paean to the Soviet Union's first Five Year Plan.
Visualize a Soviet Utopia Kristin M. Jones 2011
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Fifty years ago, a lot of musicians went fishing in that area, from the compositionally controlled albums of Andrew Hill to the open-ended modal music of Miles Davis's 1960s quintet.
Keeping Busy With Bebop Bigwigs Will Friedwald 2011
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With this in mind, sprinkle in the odd items, like a large bowl or a cake stand, compositionally, as Van Gogh would approach a painting.
Poshing Up Kitchen Shelves Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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The FRP piece in question has always been interesting to me because it's compositionally very strong, but the robot's sort of dull.
New Brianna artwork! frankwu 2009
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While Starplex is interesting, it's not as cool compositionally.
Book Cover Smackdown! 'The Orphaned Worlds' vs. 'Seeds of Earth' vs. 'Starplex' 2010
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I'm not trying to make a grandiose statement there, but I follow a lot of what's happening in jazz and instrumental music, and compositionally, what I'm doing is its own little thing.
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Americans also live in a nation whose popular music has been degenerating technically and compositionally as this polarization has increased.
Thoughts on Music « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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I'm not trying to make a grandiose statement there, but I follow a lot of what's happening in jazz and instrumental music, and compositionally, what I'm doing is its own little thing.
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So the idea is that one event happens to another event, but somehow for the audience it has to be very organic -- "Oh, of course it's to be there" -- even though compositionally, structurally, it might not be that this pitch relates to that pitch.
Daniel J. Kushner: SONiC Festival Interview (#5): Du Yun Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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