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Aside from a mournful clarinet line in the first part of its third and final movement, the work had a surprisingly ebullient spirt for something composed by a Dane in 1944.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Many viewers will be getting themselves into the spirt of the season with a festive film - and there are plenty on offer on Christmas Eve.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

“He is like an evil spirt with this strange power to lure people into his trap,” she said.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

Sharon Nelson told reporters her brother’s music will live forever and that his spirt “sneaks up on me sometimes.”

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

Yet, till thon spirt of hot tar blinded me, No chap was cuter in all the countryside, Or better at a bargain; and it took 4 A nimble tongue to bandy words with mine.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson