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We are wandering a bit from the original now and so I join Glennie in apologising.
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Glennie is an internationally renowned percussionist from Scotland who lost most of her hearing by age 12.
"Touch the Sound" of YouTube BA Haller 2008
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Ms. Tower wrote the work for Evelyn Glennie, and that’s saying a lot: Ms. Glennie is partial to scores that put her in charge of a huge arsenal of noisemakers and let her draw on both her iron-clad technique and her unerring musical instincts.
Tanglewood Festival: I Hear a Symphony (at Last) - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Ms. Tower wrote the work for Evelyn Glennie, and that’s saying a lot: Ms. Glennie is partial to scores that put her in charge of a huge arsenal of noisemakers and let her draw on both her iron-clad technique and her unerring musical instincts.
Tanglewood Festival: I Hear a Symphony (at Last) - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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"Glennie," said Sir James, "what 's become of Smollett, your old keeper?"
The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900
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"Glennie," said Sir James, "what 's become of Smollett, your old keeper?"
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Thanks Steph – Glennie also mentioned the verb like (above), i.e. that, with the infinitive, it has the connotation of something that is a good idea, as opposed to just a pleasurable activity.
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Thanks for your generous comment, Cecilia – and to you Glennie, too, for making the point that achieving native-speaker-like standards may no longer be relevant.
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Thanks Glennie, for that neat summation of dogme principles.
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Some of the hoof - and heartbeats were augmented with the sound of a Japanese taiko drum, which meshed with Nick Glennie-Smith's musical score to create a seamless, stirring whole.
Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films Ann Hornaday 2010
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