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Good things to eat have been provided by successive generations of chefs who have achieved virtuosity.
This ability to recognize possible savings of impulse may be brought to a certain virtuosity.
The work was originally intended for him, and took into consideration his immense virtuosity.
The prevailing impression left by the picture is immense power and virtuosity and no religion.
Seated in the corner among the band, Jenny was performing wonders of virtuosity upon the drums.
Bennet is free to exercise the virtuosity of her imagination on the theme of ten thousand a year.
The whole technique of this procedure has nowhere been brought to such virtuosity as in our country.
By the perfection of their virtuosity in the nice conduct of forks alone is demonstrated their ladyship.
What he did was to rely upon his virtuosity of dialogue to enable him to dispense with form.
I think that he had more virtuosity, and yet more delicacy of feeling, than either Rubinstein or B?low.
For this reason many of these New Poems are not quite free from a certain element of virtuosity.
What society could and did appreciate in Chopin was his virtuosity, his elegance, and his delicacy.
Beethoven was always interested in feats of virtuosity, but he cared little for the compositions of others.
Orchestration in its present development would seem to have reached its highest possible attainment of effectiveness and virtuosity.
These poems are always animated by a force and freshness of feeling rare in work of such high virtuosity.
Possibly, too, the kind of aversion she now felt against me was a closer bond than even virtuosity or affection.
Englishmen would hardly believe such lying possible, but the Freeman, as a liar, has, by constant practice, attained virtuosity.
And before long the extreme virtuosity of Swinburne had widened still further the musical range of the English language.
The management of the vowel sequences is truly wonderful, and the rhymes carry the emotional words with a fine virtuosity.
His talk concerning style, composition, and virtuosity was most interesting, as were also the incidents of travel which he recalled.
The general murmured an acknowledgment of the salesman's virtuosity, and almost at the same moment sounds from the piano ceased.
And what the word alone cannot do, is accomplished in the most brilliant manner by the virtuosity of his delivery.
Let those who do not appreciate the virtuosity of this undertaking attempt to write as successful a scene in a similar vein.
One member of the cast (of my own sex, too) gave a display of virtuosity in this genre which was technically superb.
Of these two faults virtuosity is the worse, if only for this reason, that it is harder to get rid of it.
However, it is possible to acquire a certain virtuosity, which, after all is said, is but pure mechanical skill as opposed to sheer genius.
There was also a beginning of virtuosity upon the organ, but this will come up for consideration at a later point in the narrative.
This business has long been practiced, and so the specialists in arranging such transports have reached a high degree of virtuosity in these arrangements.
And this facility, far from excluding precision and vigor, involves them, and has, consequently, nothing whatever to do with a superficial virtuosity.
Now, when discovering genius in the above sense, one ought not to let it remain a mere possibility but ought, rather, to develop it into virtuosity.
The gospels were read as the book of innocence ... this is no insignificant sign of the virtuosity with which deception has been practiced here.
Color was therefore regarded as a secondary consideration, and the only aim pursued was drawing over-accentuated, full of unreasonable action, and of excessive virtuosity.
We often had musicians of distinction visiting the place, and these gave us of their best, knowing their virtuosity would be recognized and appreciated.
That again is a wonderful exercise in virtuosity; but a score of his slighter sketches seem to me infinitely nearer to the truth and vitality of great art.
Not only does Handel use all styles, but how well does he blend the voices with the instruments in those airs of great brilliance and free virtuosity!
Elsewhere, to be sure, as in the Andante of the 'Cello Sonata, his very virtuosity achieves such noble effects that we forget the hand-made quality of the work.
I remember particularly the brothers Luna: one educated in Spain, and there distinguished by his remarkable talent with the brush; the other known for his wonderful virtuosity.
They do not aim primarily at virtuosity, but towards the cultivation of musical style; at the same time they exhibit novelty of technical invention, and demand a decided proficiency.
And, when the hour came, he was ready to reject the appeal of external charm and mere virtuosity and to lead dramatic musical art back to its natural sources.
He learned with extraordinary facility, and quickly acquired as a violinist a virtuosity which for a long time made him the favorite, almost the idol, of the Court concerts.
I soon saw that it is possible to get as great a virtuosity with the pedal as with anything else, and that one must make as careful a study of it.
It did not have the desired effect however, but was the means in time of injuring his hands so that he never could attain the piano virtuosity he dreamed of.
Art that has technique without soul in either the classical or romantic sense, and so fails either to inspire elevation or awaken wonder, is likely to be felt as a barren virtuosity.
Never attempt to hold him to anything he has said: for his whole virtuosity consists in never saying the same thing twice, and never necessarily meaning it at all.
Behold him, the musical athlete, challenging virtuosity to trial of skill and endurance, while he himself rejoices like the swift and strong runner sure of his lead in the race!
Although he played the piano, not with virtuosity, but with the helplessness of the composer, he could still bring out something of the "warm tone" which made his violin irresistible.
From this journey he brought back a new virtuosity and the susceptibility of a young artist who from that moment felt himself a master; the former singularly disappointed the parish.
After all, he was an artist, and subject to inspiration like other men of genius; so, hurrying downstairs, he waved the waiter aside, and greeted them with a bow which almost amounted to virtuosity.