companion piece

collocation in English

meaningsofcompanionandpiece

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companion
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpæn.jən/us
/kəmˈpæn.jən/
a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are ...
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piece
noun[C]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
a part ...
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(Definition ofcompanionandpiecefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The composer has since completed acompanionpieceand is planning a third, to be played either separately or as part of a piano trilogy.
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In this sense, the fourth quartet is not a lighter contrast to the third, but rather acompanionpiece exploring the same dark corners of the human condition.
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It's acompanionpieceto the season opener.
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The perfectcompanionpieceto listen through all of the albums.
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It may seem like its simply thecompanionpieceto the last two episodes from the spring.
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There were 2000 copies pressed and it is said to be the perfectcompanionpieceto the album.
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Successful, it lasted through 91 performances and acted as acompanionpieceto five different plays.
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They were asked to create acompanionpiecefrom their winning look.
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Ives also wrote a poem inspired by the sculpture as acompanionpieceto the music.
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Berlioz's work is on an enormous scale, and would have overshadowed anycompanionpieceother than one of the highest quality.
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Both books succeed in their aims, of presenting essential readings in a coherent and highly readable manner and are ideal companion pieces.
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These two books make excellent companion pieces, each offering a highly divergent perspective on nineteenth-century death and the practices surrounding it.
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The composer describes it as 'brittle, almost nostalgic' and in texture it makes a very different impact to its companion pieces.
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So, yes, the two of them were companion pieces that were on the agenda right from the start, but it's a much more difficult mathematical problem.
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After opening night, the show was trimmed and reorganized, and the companion pieces were soon dropped.
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He also viewed three companion pieces but was told they were not on sale.
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It is the longest and most demanding of the trilogy, and thus it is less-often programmed than its companion pieces.
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Each full-length work was normally accompanied by one or two short companion pieces.
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Several artists have eventually made official releases of demo versions of their songs as albums or companion pieces to albums.
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Date ranges overlap, since it was common to rotate two or more companion pieces at performances during the same period to be played with the main piece.
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