the manner in which something is expressed in words
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Phrasing \Phras"ing\, n. 1. Method of expression; association of words.
2. (Mus.) The act or method of grouping the notes so as to form distinct musical phrases.
Phrase \Phrase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phrased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phrasing}.] [Cf. F. phraser.] To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. ``These suns -- for so they phrase 'em.'' --Shak.
Editors and writers have no time to untangle any tricky phrasing.
The play is given in a modern German translation which seems to avoid either the metre or phrasing of poetry.
In the celesta variation, the precision of her phrasing, the delicate radiance of her personality, born of the music, are impeccable.
Pavlova gave a more touching interpretation - pure, eloquent line; silken phrasing - than I have ever known from her before.
But like her good friend Billie Holiday, McRae's sound phrasing and time are so arresting that the lyrics take on connotations that the writer never had in mind. Also, there is the powerful undertow of Monk's music.
And this is still a glorious constant of his art, allied to that other, and intensely personal, gift of seamless, huge-spanned phrasing.
Beginning with an ungainly coloratura entrance, the young American soprano could offer little in the way of phrasing or personality.
Abbado concentrates on making the score sound limpid and lustrous, the scoring substantial and picturesque: buoyant rhythms pick up swirling sea-breezes, delicately fashioned phrasing catches fountain ripples, the scent of evening air.
Nolte's opponents have frequently called his phrasing unclear and open to many interpretations.
Miss Britton, with her wonderful linear qualities and clear, fluent phrasing, makes a very fine impression in a piece that has previously been danced by men.
Since these contextual cues are not available when we listen to unrelated, isolated words, our understanding drops off." But phrasing depends a lot on your ability to produce voice without strain.
He calls this the institutionalization of numbers and he provides some numbers from his own research to document the phrasing.
As for the Gould Trio, their phrasing lacks firmness, and their violinist is slipshod.
The conductor, Carlo Rizzi, is Italian, and a trimly energetic musician - but also an unloving one, who rushes the ensembles unmercifully and who finds neither grace nor gaiety in Rossini phrasing.
It says it stopped using the famous slogan in January 1986 to get away from the "more potent" phrasing in favor of the "more effective" phrasing.
It says it stopped using the famous slogan in January 1986 to get away from the "more potent" phrasing in favor of the "more effective" phrasing.
The phrasing of those angular melodic intervals at the start of the Adagio had not an ounce of egregious portentousness in it.
Hebert, whose melodic phrasing and mellow tones were reminiscent of the Bix Beiderbecke style, played trumpet and piano.
Chilcote went so far as to suggest the phrasing the EPA ought to use.
The bill was watered down slightly after Rep. Ted Weiss, D-N.Y., objected to phrasing flatly stating that El Salvador has achieved a system "which respects human liberties."
Only in the Rondo did he and Harnoncourt find a common ground, where the young pianist could show his real promise, mettle and wit. In the 'Choral' Symphony, Harnoncourt's rigorous attention to phrasing and voicing paid off handsomely.