Word: flatness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Midori Chamber Ensemble presents Schubert's "String Trio No. 2 in B-flat major," Brahms' "Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor," and Dvorak's "Piano Quartet in Eflat major." NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St. CelebrityCharge at 482-6661 for tickets...
...wave of discount airlines essentially created by the megacarriers, which have jacked up business fares 35% in the past three years. Such increases explain why Pro Air was able to sign corporate titans DaimlerChrysler and General Motors to five-year deals, providing unlimited flights at a flat rate. Waiting to take wing are 20 new airline companies that are applying to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation for certification...
...emphasized by the liner notes, Le Sacre continues to challenge our imagination not only because of its dissonant sound but because Stravinsky destroyed "the tyranny of the bar line." From that famous thirteen beat F-flat and E-flat seventh polychord in the "Auguries of Spring" to the 3/16, 2/16, 3/16, 3/16, 2/8, 2/16, 3/16, 3/16, 2/8, 3/16, 3/16, 5/16 alternation of meter in the "Scarificial Dance," it's all about rhythm. Because rhythm is so dependent on tempo, it is particularly crucial that Le Sacre not be languished upon for its unique sound at the expense of its intricate...
After some tearful confessions, therapeutic hugging and constructive role-playing exercises, Central High would have been happily integrated in no time flat. NEWSPEAK...
...waiting/that they might see/the harsh destiny inscribed for her by the fates." The phrase "In the end" dooms the stanza to almost blase speech, which is almost bucked by the phrase "that they might," until the stanza ends with the prepositional pile-up "inscribed for her by the fates." Flat language and idioms mixed with arch language and emplotment are characteristic of Gluck's voice, which, like too many contemporary authors, is often pretentiously down-to-earth...