Word: inferiorated
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Diodorus gives the first connected sketch of his life and character. Plutarch's account is the most complete, Diogenes' being shorter and inferior...
...soloist of the evening was Mr. Mr. Franz Kneisel. The audience showed its high expectation by a warm reception, and Mr. Kneisel surpassed all expectations. The movement from Brahms' concerto, which an inferior violinist would have handled with much show and gusto, Mr. Kneisel played with charming simplicity and grace. The extremely difficult cadenza was played with an ease almost wonderful. The concerto itself was a trifle too much like Brahms, lacking considerably in melody...
...coming at the end of the programme, and directly after Wagner's production on the same theme. In the latter respect it suffered slightly from comparison. The former disadvantage, however, it fully overcame. It was dramatic and varied enough to hold the attention, and although it showed signs of inferior genius, portions of it, especially the dance of the Dryads, and the spirited, wild hunt, were remarkably good...
...being moved and set dreaming by them. These effects upon the emotional and imaginative natures are often regarded as the element of essential value in music. We conclude on the contrary that the aesthetic worth of what may be called the acoustic content of music is in no wise inferior to that of its poetic expression. Significance can give no higher beauty to a composition than that to which it can attain as empty sound...
...Grave," though its plot excels those of the stories already mentioned, is slightly inferior to them in execution. There is an excess of narrative in the third person, unbroken by the conversation needed to give ease and variety to the story. In other respects it is satisfactory...