bagatelle
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Dudamel, who joyfully held Simon’s diverse musical styles together, began the program with Bernstein’s “Divertimento,” a collection of short, popular-styled bagatelles, including dances and blues numbers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
Gen. Michael Mukasey, dismissed the most oft-cited alleged ethical breaches as the product of innocent paperwork errors or mere bagatelles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023
Even a brief dip into his bagatelles — short, playful pieces that he unveiled last year in weekly concerts, featuring a variety of ensembles and styles — leaves your head spinning: exhilarated, exhausted.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2016
Adding bassist Sudo Toshiaki and pianist Eiko Ishibashi, O’Rourke spent years training the group almost like a “drill sergeant”—a clue to the degree of micro-detail engineered into these seeming pop bagatelles.
From Slate • May 22, 2015
I take the liberty to inclose you a few bagatelles, all of them the productions of my leisure thoughts in my excise rides.
From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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