Sentences with phrase «musical tradition of»

Among the various longer - range challenges facing church music in the «90s, four seem to be occupying center stage: the challenge of providing church musicians in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of parishes throughout the land in almost every denomination; the continued search for musical roots in many denominations; the ongoing debate between those advocating the worship and musical tradition of the church catholic and those advocating a variety of trendy fads; and the impact of pragmatism and consumerism in determining worship practice and musical style and substance.

The time has come to remove the distraction of a group gathered around a microphone and to rediscover our inheritance, to revive the ancient musical traditions of the Mass, which are inextricably linked to the liturgy.

After studying piano at the local conservatory and composition with Gerardo Gandini he moved to Israel, where he studied with Mark Kopytman at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy and immersed himself in the colliding musical traditions of that city.

This Land Is La La Land A throwback to the musical traditions of old, a showcase for charismatic screen idols, a shameless love letter to the film industry — La La Land has long been considered the year's Oscar slam dunk, and the nominations confirmed that it's going to be the behemoth to beat.

In her new film, Manna explores the different musical traditions of myriad communities living in and around Jerusalem, drawing on her research into the German - Jewish ethnomusicologist Robert Lachmann (1892 - 1939) and his work in Palestine.

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And while it may be wrong to ironize a song - and - dance number that seems intended as a nice send - off for a venerable actor and a semi-venerable character — still one notes that the whole tradition of the musical spectacular is a tradition of lavishly bankrolled excess.

Those latter steps require attention not just to Bayles, and what she learned (with help from Albert Murray and Ralph Ellison) about the Afro - American musical tradition, but also to the sort of socio - cultural analysis we do so much of here at pomocon, which derives from we've learned from Tocqueville most of all.

The Conference examined the way sacred music has evolved in Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, its different modes of expression, its contribution to deepening religious experience, and its place in wider musical and general culture of the three faith traditions.

Reference to tradition does not in any sense represent the thin end of an extremist, ultramontane or Lefebvrist wedge, nor does it posit a stale and arid musical uniformity.

The Pythagorean traditions of four kinds of harmony: musical harmony the root metaphor «Harmony» is a word now used only in metaphorical senses.1 In the long and complicated history of this word, which we can not here trace, the literal sense has been forgotten.

In 1988, when Latin American and North American Christian communicators met in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a highlight of the week was the presentation of indigenous songs and dance by Puerto Rican Christians who carry on a rich and sophisticated religious musical tradition for the sheer joy of it.

Yet the 38 - year - old British composer of such blockbuster musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Cats, who has written such enormously popular melodies as «I Don't Know How to Love Him,» «Don't Cry for Me, Argentina» and «Memories,» demonstrated in the Requiem that he can also write beautiful serious music in the English choral tradition — while still holding on to his more rock - inspired identity.

Once started there was no stopping him, and Luther found yet another identity as poet and composer, and the principal originator of a whole new tradition of German church liturgy, rooted in the existing musical culture, and destined to reach its marvellous climax at Leipzig in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Musical and folkloristic performances gave a glimpse of the rich cultural tradition of Calabria.

I never realized that many of the food and musical traditions we practiced weren't related but came from two separate cultures, and I remember the surprise when I realized my other friends» families didn't spend days in the kitchen making tamales during Christmas.

Leominster Champion 10/7/11 Fall Harvest Celebrated as part of tradition New England history - Revels Harvest Home Musical Revue at OSV

Such are the lyrics of Broadway's famous musical Fiddler on the Roof, about Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his desperate attempts to maintain his Jewish traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family's lives.

One such tradition is a complete ban of anything musical in the household or its persons.

For several decades, there has been a great tradition of movie stars juggling their acting careers with musical interests.

Spain's Carlos Saura will open the festival with Fados, an exploration of urban musical traditions that features numerous performances from celebrated contemporary artists.

The results have been encouraging, with Disney both embracing its tradition of fairy tale musicals and also succeeding with creative original storytelling on less conventional films like Wreck - It Ralph and Big Hero 6.

Essentially a backstage musical, AHDN is in the long tradition of shows about shows — a tradition that, however much it's about spinning a mystique around show business, has always revealed entertainment as essentially un-natural, industrial.

Miguel is a young boy obsessed with music and playing the guitar in the tradition of his great great grandfather, who unfortunately ditched his family in pursuit of his own musical career.

And the film is through and through suffused with the almost - spiritual quality of the African light, and a mosaic of linguistic and musical traditions.

SOUNDS: Keeping with Wright's tradition of providing diverse alternative soundtracks, The World's End is heavy with musical interludes.

Now after an even longer musical history of handling action films and trailer soundtracks form «Full Contact» to «Dishonored 2,» composer John R. Graham impressively carries on the saga's epic musical tradition with «Kingsglaive,» matching its astonishing mo - cap visuals with a score that captures both the characters» emotional stakes as well as the furiously drumming symphonic fury of its hellzapoppin mash - up of steampunk, sword and sorcery and giant monsters.

The current standard - bearer for an animated DVD is DreamWorks» lavish treatment of their equally grandiose adaptation of the Book of Exodus, the tradition - smashing epic musical The Prince of Egypt.

Disc two provides numerous bonus materials such as: deleted scenes and the deleted song Any Day Now, a documentary about the filmmaker Norman Jewison, the Easter Egg The Tale of the Beggar, an interview with John Williams called Creating a Musical Tradition, interviews with the cast members who played Tevye's daughters, photo galleries, and the movie's trailer.

August 1, 2010 • Tao Rodriguez - Seeger, the grandson of folk all - timer Pete Seeger, has carried on in the family tradition of musical activism, making frequent appearances at the venerable folk festival.

Pixar's Coco directors Adrian Molina and Lee Unkrich have revealed a deleted musical opening scene that introduces viewers to the Mexican tradition of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

The corny stuff and all - American hokum is in keeping with comic book tradition, but for an audience primed for action it may prove wearying — a patriotic musical sequence in the George M. Cohan tradition is the most egregious example and might remind some of Peter Parker's indulgent disco moves in Spider - Man 3.

We then look in detail at Handel's Messiah as an example of a Christian musical tradition and inspiration.

He is a widely traveled lecturer and author of 27 books on topics including human rights, the ministry and African American musical traditions.

As they work throughout the week, slaves look forward to their afternoon of music, hope, and community in Congo Square, an area, now part of Louis Armstrong Park, where city leaders allowed the slaves to gather and revive their African musical traditions, capturing them in the sounds of bells and drums and expressing them in song and dance.

Created in the 1920s, La Banda was the result of a long - standing musical tradition in San Pedro.

With its heritage of world - class musicians and composers that were born to the city including Schubert, Strauss and Kreisler, it is unsurprising that Vienna has kept its musical tradition and 19th century balls alive and celebrated to the present day.

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Susana Baca, from Peru, is a exemplar of the Afro - Peruvian musical tradition.

The Garífuna are of West African descent, and that heritage is most visible in their musical traditions and cuisine.

Villages like Hopkins and Seine Bight, and the town of Dangriga, are home to the Garifuna culture, a unique blend of African and indigenous Caribbean musical, linguistic, culinary, and dance traditions.

In direct contrast to its gameplay, Lovely Planet's soundtrack is a carefree collection of tunes that folds elements of classic East Asian musical tradition into chiptunes.

Though the festival's musical offerings tend toward electronic fare, there are some musicians keeping the tradition of acoustic music alive.

Brawl, making the concert arrangement conducted by Takemoto something of a synthesis of Persona series and Press Start musical traditions.

The likes of Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg and the Rolling Stones combined popular musical traditions with Modernist verse, adopting literary devices derived from James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, James Thurber, T. S. Eliot, Guillaume Apollinaire, Allen Ginsberg, and others.

From July 11 - July 15, as part of his artist residency through Blank Forms, Ánde Somby will present the tradition of yoiking, part of the musical heritage of the Samiland territories of Northern Norway.

From July 11 - July 15, as part of his artist residency through Blank Forms, Ánde Somby will present the tradition of yoiking, part of the musical [Read More]

A farmer in Northern Mississippi whose playing of the fife, a small flute fashioned out of bamboo, coupled with his life as a farmer created a space for community, lineage and a transgressive existence connecting ancient African musical traditions within the context of farm life and the agency derived from this routine.

Chinati's presentation of Solange's «Scales» continues a tradition of musical and dance performances throughout the installations at the museum, including residencies and collaborations with Karole Armitage, L.A. Dance Project, Jen Rosenblit, Sounds Modern, Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, and the xx.

Since his inclusion in the 2010 Whitney Biennial — whose Sculpture Court he transformed into an installation that served as a communal gathering space for performances, social engagement, and meditation — Gates has become a near ubiquitous presence in museum exhibitions, biennials, and lecture halls throughout North America, Europe, and beyond, showing his sculpture, channeling African - American musical traditions, and preaching a gospel of ground - up urban revitalization.

The culinary, musical, and storytelling traditions of the region are unique cultural byproducts that emanated from the deeply rooted structures of class, race, and economics that have existed for generations.