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"My book should smell of pines, and resound with the hum of insects," might have been its motto, so sweet and wholesome was it with a springlike sort of freshness which plainly betrayed that the author had learned some of Nature's deepest secrets and possessed the skill to tell them in tuneful words.

Rose in Bloom 1876

(Imagine some kind of tuneful, rhythmic structure here).

Bob Merlis: Thoughts About Romania and the Inauguration 2009

One old gentleman, something of a beau as well as a successful lawyer, congratulated Vickers on his "tuneful" music.

Together Robert Herrick 1903

While on the train passing through Pennsylvania he wrote some verses in a letter to Sidney Colvin about the beautiful river with the "tuneful" name, of which one stanza runs thus:

The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895

Another characteristic of the same nature was their wonderful lack of musical ability, or of any kind of tuneful creativeness.

Andersonville — Volume 3 John McElroy 1887

Another characteristic of the same nature was their wonderful lack of musical ability, or of any kind of tuneful creativeness.

Andersonville John McElroy 1887

"The chorale pieces, which are dark and serious, full of rough jagged edges; and the character songs, which are more popular and tuneful, but no less innovative."

Weill's 'Lost' is Found Will Friedwald 2011

In yet another grand Altman-esque gesture, the actors composed their own songs for "Nashville"--and a most tuneful soundtrack it is.

John Farr: Remembering Robert Altman John Farr 2011

The "Let's put on a show!" blueprint -- a longtime staple of theater and film -- gets a gospel spin in the tuneful and amusing, if tortoise-paced, musical comedy "Sanctified."

Theater review of 'Sanctified' at the Lincoln Theatre Celia Wren 2010

In yet another grand Altman-esque gesture, the actors composed their own songs for "Nashville"--and a most tuneful soundtrack it is.

John Farr: Remembering Robert Altman John Farr 2011