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"There was no traditional curtain-raising musical gesture leading quickly into a memorable tune," Starr recounts.
Book review: 'George Gershwin,' a new biography by Larry Starr 2011
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"There was no traditional curtain-raising musical gesture leading quickly into a memorable tune," Starr recounts.
Book review: 'George Gershwin,' a new biography by Larry Starr 2011
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In a curtain-raising article on December 4, the chief Washington correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, Robert B. Armstrong, observed with evident satisfaction that “it now is considered improbable that any Colorado River legislation will be enacted” during the current session.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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In a curtain-raising article on December 4, the chief Washington correspondent of the Los Angeles Times, Robert B. Armstrong, observed with evident satisfaction that “it now is considered improbable that any Colorado River legislation will be enacted” during the current session.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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 Their curtain-raising performances will leave you laughing in the aisles!
Archie Comics Sneak Peek of the Week | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Mendelssohn has engineered this cadence to be but an exquisite curtain-raising for the coda: a simple but luminous harmonization of the old chorale tune "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern."
Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Mendelssohn has engineered this cadence to be but an exquisite curtain-raising for the coda: a simple but luminous harmonization of the old chorale tune "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern."
Hope That I Get Old Before I Die Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the company settled down as the leader of the small, hired orchestra tapped significantly upon his music rack with his baton and began the soft curtain-raising strain.
Sister Carrie 2004
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All the details of the make-up had been completed, and the company settled down as the leader of the small, hired orchestra tapped significantly upon his music rack with his baton and began the soft curtain-raising strain.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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