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Examples
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Schoenberg's back-turning gesture, which, as Ross remarks, he had pictured in a painted self-portrait earlier (see illustration on page 44), would anticipate the response of various composers who followed him.
The 'Mash of Myriad Sounds' Kimmelman, Michael 2008
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Some more of that back-turning he got once from an audience in Australia would be more to my liking.
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During this year, in which like-minded groups of people were forced to compete with and among each other for a rare, unprecedented seat at the presidential table, there has been, between African-Americans, women, the young and the old in progressive America, far less hand-extending and hat-tipping than there has been finger-pointing and back-turning.
Salon 2008
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During this year, in which like-minded groups of people were forced to compete with and among each other for a rare, unprecedented seat at the presidential table, there has been, between African-Americans, women, the young and the old in progressive America, far less hand-extending and hat-tipping than there has been finger-pointing and back-turning.
Salon 2008
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