pianola

Example Sentences

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At the time, however, “Grand Pianola Music” seemed a strange follow-up to the sensuous “Harmonium,” and not exactly a natural predecessor of the straight-faced and symphonically cosmic “Harmonielehre.”

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021

Both of these surreal episodes contributed to Adams’s eclectic and playful “Grand Pianola Music.”

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021

“Grand Pianola Music” The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Sound/Stage” series continues with sopranos Elissa Johnston and Holly Sedillos and mezzo-soprano Kristen Toedtman in this dreamlike 1981 work by John Adams.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

Once booed, “Grand Pianola Music” is now wildly cheered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2019

For this reason the term Pianola was used in the paragraph referred to and now is employed in this book; and, for the same reason, this book is called "The Pianolist."

From The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players by Kobbé, Gustav