I.adjectiveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cultural/musical event
▪ a monthly guide to the cultural events in London
a musical comedy (=with music and singing)
▪ As far as musical comedies go, this is one of the most successful.
a musical director
▪ He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.
long-running show/musical/soap opera etc
musical ability
▪ Tim showed musical ability at an early age.
musical chairs
▪ Scott is now the finance director, after a long game of musical chairs among top management.
musical comedy
musical expression (=expressing something through music)
▪ Charlie Parker took jazz to a new level of musical expression.
musical instrument
musical/artistic/creative etc talent
▪ It was at school that Brian’s musical talents were spotted.
musical/artistic/literary etc bent
▪ readers of a more literary bent
musical/comic/mathematical etc genius
musical/literary/artistic taste
▪ His musical tastes changed radically.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ability
▪ The Princess, he declared, was' very accomplished, a very sensitive player and shows great musical ability.
▪ Because the music is simple, repetitive and easily accessible to all, no great musical ability and no books are required.
▪ Green was a ready judge of others' musical ability.
▪ A nation of music lovers mourns ... Despite his lack of musical ability, Gedge became interested in writing songs.
▪ The growth of instrumental tuition in schools means that large numbers of children with some musical ability are available to be recruited.
career
▪ All members of Sistah Blue are veteran musicians with accomplished musical careers.
▪ He says it's good to be able to start a musical career when your working life has finished.
▪ Green is pursuing a musical career and Priestley has turned producer-director.
▪ In this way they could continue their musical careers after their voices had changed.
▪ Her musical career continues - she has just been asked to write a song for a new album by Belinda Carlisle.
▪ Somehow En Shao's musical career survived.
▪ She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944, but opted for a musical career.
chair
▪ They're playing musical chairs over at Sun Microsystems Inc.
▪ Time passed and we played musical chairs, rotating as the numbers called out got closer to the ones we were assigned.
▪ They were playing pass the parcel with the ball and musical chairs with the Oldham defence, who froze like statues.
▪ The band obliged with musical chairs, but after two of the dining room chairs were broken, they left off playing.
▪ The lute also provided the music for the game of musical chairs they played, with cushions laid in a row.
▪ When the money goes away on a trading floor, it feels very like when the music stops in musical chairs.
▪ Since that time Kaunda has operated an unending game of musical chairs between tribal interest groups.
▪ It is like a grown-up game of musical chairs.
comedy
▪ Captain McArthur was a musical comedy aficionado, and not pleased when Mrs Kingswood spoke critically of the form.
▪ Bill started acting in musical comedy.
▪ My dream is to direct a musical comedy one day.
▪ As some one who likes musical comedies to be comedies, the frivolity of this piece proved irresistible.
▪ The daughter of a famous musical comedy actress would scarcely fit in.
director
▪ Their musical directors are Thomas and Brenda Gunn, distant relations of our dear Pastor.
▪ When we returned home, the search for a musical director became a priority.
▪ Steven David Horwich was co-librettist and Mark Stevens musical director and leader of the orchestra.
▪ This has been a mistake for the orchestra, if not for its musical director.
▪ I had found my musical director.
▪ The performance also marks the second year in town for symphony conductor and musical director George Hanson.
event
▪ Black-and-white photos of slums were starkly juxtaposed with colour images of children taking part in the Shell Olympics and musical events.
▪ Alumni in Concert Petra Armitage-Smith talks about a successful social and musical event.
▪ The black people of London were particularly well-organized, meeting together regularly at clubs for musical events and celebrating christenings and weddings.
▪ This responsibility is fulfilled not only in the context of services but also in the use of church buildings for musical events.
▪ The result is that today a recording is seldom the transcription of a single musical event.
▪ Such are the mysteries and such is the music which made Detroit techno the most innovative musical event of the last decade.
▪ He occasionally played the violin in local musical events.
▪ In addition to broadcasts of services there may be other musical events in which to involve the local or regional media.
experience
▪ It s a visceral, visual and musical experience which, for economic reasons, has become a rarity.
▪ So we've got to start from where the kids are, where their musical experiences are mostly.
▪ The performance, too, often lacks the sort of tension that makes for a live musical experience.
▪ This performance was one of my earliest musical experiences, and memory isn't disappointed.
form
▪ A word about musical form and numbers.
▪ The history of musical form is obviously bound up with the development of musical instruments.
▪ It is surely preferable to retain some defined elements of musical form, so that the music can be retained in the memory.
▪ How are musical forms and practices appropriated for use by particular classes?
▪ Every musical form which passed through his hands emerged immeasurably the richer.
▪ Form One of Adorno's strengths is his insistence that changes in the circumstances of musical production affect musical form.
▪ This principle of renewing interest while preserving unity is the basis of all successful conventional musical forms.
▪ Music is emotion, and musical forms, however free, must move in waves of emotion.
genius
▪ The resulting fictionalised account is a faithful portrait of a musical genius, drunken lout, spiritual healer, liar and clown.
▪ Fortunately, the timeless musical genius knew when to call it quits, though his stunning creations live on.
▪ Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
idea
▪ And then Otto went indoors to the piano and played a few bars of Debussy to illustrate a musical idea.
▪ There is no doubt that they have some excellent musical ideas but at the moment their efforts are a little unfocussed.
▪ So whenever he tried to explain any musical idea he just couldn't make his bands understand.
▪ If you have the cash and a few decent musical ideas, you can not go far wrong.
instrument
▪ When biscuit-tin bashing gets boring, lend your toddler a real musical instrument for a treat.
▪ Market Harborough: Ceramics, glass, toys, silver, musical instruments and artworks, Tuesday 10am.
▪ With my eyes shut, I furnish the house with comfortable chairs, good lights, new books, musical instruments.
▪ As music and musical instruments developed and became more flexible, so did the dance.
▪ An estimated 45 million people in the United States play a musical instrument.
▪ This was one of the first musical instruments ever made.
▪ I made two announcements: one, that I am getting a musical instrument.
language
▪ Shostakovich's seven Alexander Blok settings embrace a bleak, uncomfortable musical language, even when expressing some sort of serenity.
▪ Certain peoples have thus developed their own musical language which is an extension or their spoken and written language.
▪ Cream extract from this musical language the possibility of individualistic elaboration.
▪ That is, class stratification and musical language stratification can be correlated.
life
▪ The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish.
▪ The musical life of the court at Turin maintained its high standards during his reign.
▪ As far as restarting the musical life in Vienna was concerned, we had the problem that the occupying forces often contradicted each other.
▪ A more qualified response might be, yes, in various ways which collectively have shaped musical life as we know it.
▪ The conductor is now, without doubt, a permanent fixture in musical life.
note
▪ Curiously, rather like a discordant musical note, by mixing more than five essences, the effect is counter-productive.
▪ Enormous apples open to reveal singing heads inside, as smaller apples dance along ropes like bouncing musical notes.
▪ The musical notes are converted, by computer, into binary numbers.
▪ You start with a group of nine panels of different colours and musical notes.
▪ The wallpaper had guitars and musical notes and microphones as a pattern.
▪ He could see the sounds turn into dancing musical notes.
▪ Cisterns were belching and gurgling near by and a tap on the wall dripped into a bucket with a deep musical note.
performance
▪ These are fluent, musical performances, but do not faithfully realize the composer's intentions.
▪ Luminaria-lit pathways will then lead visitors to the historic Lowell House for the musical performances.
▪ The family who live there have always felt the castle's gardens were just right for a musical performance.
▪ The mood for the musical performances will be lighter but no less diverse.
▪ Experience suggests that it is not just valuable but essential for recruitment, as well as for effective working relationships and enhanced musical performance.
▪ These two tents, each holding 6, 000 to 10, 000 people, will be devoted to musical performances.
▪ The sumptuous Guildhall will be the scene of several musical performances.
score
▪ The strictly geometrical pattern of dance is still very important if the musical score retains a traditional structure.
▪ The pleasant musical score, which is not very challenging, fits the comic mood of the piece perfectly.
▪ It promises liberal use of time-lapse photography, aerial camera work and feature-film-quality musical scores.
▪ Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores.
▪ Lotus argued that the command menus were a creative product and deserved the same copyright protection given to musical scores and books.
skill
▪ Where there are ordinands or members of staff with professional musical skills, they are used for teaching.
▪ What you need to sing in this chorus is a beautiful instrument, strong musical skills, commitment and a good heart.
▪ A specialist module which enables the student to extend his/her musical skills in voice and become self sufficient in rehearsal and performance.
▪ Her relentless touring and razor-sharp musical skills are widening her fan base.
▪ It protects them and ensures they receive adequate payment for their musical skills.
▪ All the gentlemen admired her, not only for her beauty but also for her musical skills.
sound
▪ Deutsche Grammophon - Flawless musical sound Deutsche Grammophon is renowned for the technical perfection of all its recordings.
▪ They believed the celestial motions are performed with exacting regularity, just as the harmony of musical sounds depends on regular intervals.
▪ Cage made music of non-musical sounds and ostensibly removed or diminished the traditional role of the composer.
▪ Immediately afterwards, she listens enraptured to the almost musical sound of the telegraph wires that only she is capable of hearing.
▪ Still others mimic professional recording studios by letting users finely control many aspects of the musical sounds.
style
▪ Then a decision can be taken about changing the artist's material, producer or musical style.
▪ Young minds can easily assimilate and embrace all kinds of musical styles.
▪ Decades later, its winning vocal harmonies and spirited musical style still has a palpable impact.
▪ The roughness of his musical background, he is sure, has been fundamental to the development of his adult musical style.
▪ Not surprisingly, the range of musical styles among ethnic minority cultures is considerable.
▪ Mixing technology with wholesome, down-home musical styles they created a different sound to other dance / trance acts.
talent
▪ Leo, who is credited with encouraging all of this exceptional musical talent, used to run a showband in the Fifties.
▪ Now, she gave him an unmatched musical talent too.
▪ But it was at school that Brian's musical talents flourished.
▪ Those with musical talent had band or singing practice.
▪ Early musical talent won June a scholarship at Stephen's College, Missouri.
▪ After all, musical talent is often considered highly linked to mathematical ability, except when discussing black performers.
▪ To raise the money, we sold an organ bought a year before to encourage any musical talent hidden in our offspring.
taste
▪ They play a large part in moulding the musical tastes of all members of society, including those who go to church.
▪ Our viewing and musical tastes have changed over the past three decades.
▪ Bored female requires scintillating correspondence to warm her winter nights-Most musical tastes catered for, but no Goths or Smiths fans please.
▪ Questions about smoking were cunningly mixed among questions about social life and musical tastes.
▪ While at University Glass's musical taste was somewhat surprising.
▪ Every year 40 or 50 idols appear to satiate pre-teen musical tastes.
▪ And in another lapse of musical taste, one woman with the disease suddenly started composing and singing country and western songs.
▪ The two have a fairly close friendship and similar musical tastes.
tradition
▪ In addition to the emphasis on vocal participation by congregations, there was the recognition for the first time of indigenous musical traditions.
▪ The use of Western methods in other musical traditions would be more than merely restrictive, it would he altogether misleading.
▪ Its most prominent church is in London, with a fine musical tradition.
▪ Nevertheless, in spite of a much less universal use of music than formerly, the monastic musical tradition remains a vital one.
▪ Usually musical traditions remain alive only if they are thriving, writing them down tends to ossify them and hasten their end.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a musical performance
▪ a musical voice
▪ Amanda is so talented - she's musical and she can dance.
▪ DiFranco's musical skills keep winning her new fans.
▪ Do you play a musical instrument?
▪ Her teachers told her she had no musical ability whatsoever.
▪ O'Connor uses a wide variety of musical styles in his performances.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All who have that responsibility need to be aware of their own musical and liturgical preferences.
▪ But many organists have undertaken some years of an expensive musical training and still give many hours a week to practising.
▪ By day, he studied musical theory at the fine but beleaguered music department.
▪ Following the Big Game of 1921, Maestro Merola proposed one of the most ambitious musical undertakings of the era.
▪ For better or worse, with sincerity or mercenary attachment, the hip musical climate was heavily involved.
▪ The emotions have been likened to a musical instrument and it is a man's task to play upon its uttermost strings.
▪ There have been attempts to depict this extraordinary achievement as a form of musical consumerism.
▪ Yodelling song based on more musical call-notes.
II.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
▪ But are the new musicals any good?
▪ The instrument would be used for rehearsals for the festival of new musicals and would be fully insured by Buxton Opera House.
▪ Three new musicals are about to open in London and the advance ticket sales are phenomenal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a Broadway musical
▪ a hit song from the 1940 musical "Pal Joey"
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But its demise was further justification to the movie industry that musicals are the kiss of death.
▪ His embrace of popular culture extended to the movie musicals of the time, which provided lucrative employment.
▪ In addition, almost every major musical of the past twenty-five years appears somewhere in the lists.
▪ It also features serious drama festivals, touring shows, lively musicals and pantomime.
▪ Last year the musical had the audience dancing in the aisles so tickets are selling fast.
▪ Merrick offered a revealing critique of Stephen Sondheim's high-concept Follies, a musical about ageing showgirls in midlife crisis.
▪ No, it was because O Brother is a musical.
▪ The musicals are a real horse race.