Word: chord
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...microphone which hung over the center like a patient bee, and led the brasses through Gabrieli. For Schoenberg's "Kammersymphonie" he abandoned his high stool and put on his glasses. He bounced around the front of the podium, swinging his arms from side to side for the sharp, biting chords, then shook his head at a chord too harsh even for Schoenberg...
...Menacing Humor to Racetrack Background; Light Confusion -and Then Down the Stairs in a Hurry. If a radio dramatist likes music behind his words, Crosby found, one piece he can get is Background-Nostalgic-Tender into ye Rude Awakening. "Ye Rude Awakening, in this case, is simply a sad chord of a sort known in the trade as a stab . . . Not all stabs are bad news, though. WOR can also provide you with a hopeful stab called Things Are Looking...
...several hundred more than fire regulations call for. Dressed in demure organdy, roly-poly Little Esther herself had to step over a circle of backstage crapshooters to get onstage. Once there, she flashed a big gold tooth into the spotlight. Bandleader Johnny Otis laid down a fat and winsome chord, and Little Esther cut her big, warm, billowing voice adrift on a blues...
Mister Jelly struck a jazzy thing, In the temple by the queen and king, All at once he struck a harmonic chord. King said, "Make Mister Jelly a lord...
...result, as usual, more than worth all the fussing and finishing. They heard a Falstaff that was robustiously humorous without being rambunctious-all of it performed with the kind of brilliance, clarity and pace that brought the studio audience bravoing to its feet with the crash of the final chord...