syncopated

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Four is a set of variations based on two themes: one is quick and syncopated, the other broadly lyrical.

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  • It changed into a buzz of conversation, syncopated, rising from a low note to a higher one in choppy sound-waves of expectancy; and when the curtain rose on the scene by the well at dawn there was silence in which the mouse-note creaking of a door moved by a draught of hot air sounded like whipcracks. —  OM: The Secret of Ahbor Valley
  • Audiophiles listening to this disc will delight in the musical characteristics of Aaron Copland that make his music desirable to them: clear textures, broad lyricism, repeated musical phrases (ostinato), syncopated rhythms and fanfares. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Audiophiles listening to this disc will delight in the musical characteristics of Aaron Copland that make his music desirable to them: clear textures, broad lyricism, ostinato, syncopated rhythms and fanfares. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • This 15-minute work, written for "an enlarged chamber ensemble rather than the full sound of the symphonic ensemble," begins with a Stravinskian first movement that uses syncopated rhythms and irregular, changing meters. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Four is a set of variations based on two themes: one is quick and syncopated, the other broadly lyrical. —  Sequenza21/
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