musical tradition

collocation in English

meaningsofmusicalandtradition

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musical
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈmjuː.zɪ.kəl/
related to or connected ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofmusicalandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmusical tradition

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How do written artefacts relate to an oralmusicaltradition?
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The author then sketches what she characterizes as the 'pre-humanistmusicaltradition' in the city.
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One modernmusicaltraditionin which authenticity is particularly important is rock.
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This allowed direct access to the latest hardware developments and a well-established methodology based on a longmusicaltradition.
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First, a level of taking over themusicaltradition, where the learner is placed in a peripheral position.
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I thus find it difficult to see what kind of previousmusicaltraditionwould adequately be referred to as mathematical.
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In particular, they examine the nature of themusicaltraditionand milieu reflected in the published work.
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Jazz is a very importantmusicaltradition.
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Some composers seek mentors within another culture to offer more of an inside view of amusicaltraditionother than one's own.
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The domination of focused lyrics within a particularmusicaltraditioncan only imply that lyrics play a different role within that tradition.
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The balance between tradition and innovation differs from onemusicaltraditionto another, and undoubtedly the mainstream is by definition conservative, like many popular traditions.
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As any examination of different musical traditions will illustrate, virtually nomusicaltraditionwould qualify as all static or all flexible.
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Such circumstances have serious implications for including thismusicaltraditionwhich usually serves the purpose of national resistance in musical teaching.
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Another question relevant to a consideration of crosscultural borrowing is whether a particularmusicaltraditioncan travel across cultures with its musical integrity intact.
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The book reflects a longmusicaltraditiondating back to the thirteenth century and contains prayers, hymns and other service music for the daily liturgical hours.
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One consequence of the ban is particularly emphasised here: the threat to the survival of themusicaltradition, made more acute by the musicians' economic ruin.
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According to the authors, this rootedness can be situated in several different domains: in a core group of fans, in amusicaltradition, or in a socio-economic class.
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The interaction of different styles and genres of music is one of the most welcome developments in modernmusicaltradition.
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Itsmusicaltraditiongoes back to the 1860s.
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Nomusicaltraditioncan exist in a museum form.
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This has given the region a locally diversemusicaltradition.
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The pageantry of trooping the colour leads on to public performances of the mystery plays and is part of our dramatic andmusicaltradition.
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One son and five daughters survived to carry on the familymusicaltradition.
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The region also has a richmusicaltraditionof flamenco songs, or palos called cartageneras.
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