musical influence

collocation in English

meaningsofmusicalandinfluence

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musical
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
related to or connected ...
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influence
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us
/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofmusicalandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Conversely, this works to disassociate women from musicianship andmusicalinfluence.
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They also reveal something of the nature ofmusicalinfluence, and of one man's tastes and sensibilities.
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Given that this book is particularly aimed towards students on popular music courses, for many current undergraduates, grunge remains a formativemusicalinfluence.
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Despite the commonalties of reception, staging and star culture shared by opera and rock, the actual music of the rock artists owes little, if anything, to direct operaticmusicalinfluence.
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The band's members, both collectively and individually, have used their song lyrics andmusicalinfluence, advocating for social change.
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He received muchmusicalinfluencefrom his father, a local band director and tuba player.
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The show has amusicalinfluence, with many of the characters involved in music in some way.
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His firstmusicalinfluencewas his father, who played accordion and cavaquinho, but never had the chance to become a serious musician.
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His biggestmusicalinfluencewas his paternal grandmother, who played drums in a swing jazz band with her friends.
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Hismusicalinfluenceon the ballet as composer and musical director was praised and showed his versatily as a prolific artist.
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She stated that hermusicalinfluenceis her family.
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Her firstmusicalinfluencewas the 1950s music of her parents and later the music that played from her radio in the 1960s.
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Burke credited his grandmother as his main spiritual andmusicalinfluence.
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When asked what or who has had the greatestmusicalinfluenceon his playing, he thinks for a moment and says the sound of the flute.
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Jones began playing music at fours years of age and initially resisted themusicalinfluenceof his parents.
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I had that kind ofmusicalinfluence.
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Charles later credited his father as the seminalmusicalinfluencein his life.
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This bank of works is the basis of what is commonly called 'musical influences', with deposits and withdrawals made over a lifetime.
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But at some point, did not the very cultures being preserved themselves draw upon precursor and neighbouring musical influences to establish their expressive language?
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There were various musical influences evident, in addition to those already mentioned in connexion with the earlier section of the work.
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