contemporary music
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontemporaryandmusic
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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music
noun[U]
uk/ˈmjuː.zɪk/us/ˈmjuː.zɪk/
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening ...
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The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions ofcontemporarymusic, including the way it was taught.
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Yet withincontemporarymusiccircles, his finest works have gained immense respect.
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If this form of listening is so common, one should question why it is so often ignored by composers of innovativecontemporarymusic.
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For decades music technological developments were led primarily by people involved incontemporarymusic.
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From point to sphere: spatial organization of sound incontemporarymusic(after 1950).
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This is not yet the case withcontemporarymusic.
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Music analysis, in short, has often been taken in this way to be something of a midwife tocontemporarymusic.
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The aesthetic of sound is the key factor (in all the genres ofcontemporarymusic), which is a major challenge for musical analysis.
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The idea was given concrete form by three composers, and brought up on a national level through co-arrangement with a large festival ofcontemporarymusic.
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There is a certain tendency incontemporarymusicto aim at introducing noise into the music.
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Contemporarymusicreceives important public support, but has no real audience.
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However,contemporarymusicexports are not unambiguously triumphant.
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Sociopolitical work analysing the way politics regardingcontemporarymusicwas carried.
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Incontemporarymusicand arts practices, the previously distinct roles of composer and performer have become increasingly conflated, catalysed by the use of computer technology.
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But as soon as it appeared, in 1975, thiscontemporarymusicpolicy was questioned.
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What was thecontemporarymusicyou heard in those early years that most attracted you?
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The past few years have seen several books expressing concern for the state ofcontemporarymusic.
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In many ways the working practice of acontemporarymusictherapist reflects some of these different roles and challenges.
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Composers ofcontemporarymusicemploy this instrumental effect, as it's shifting glissandi and timbres produce an intriguing and distinct sound.
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