musical composition
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪkəl ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
- She wrote a beautiful musical composition that captured the essence of the changing seasons.
- their own musical compositions
- musical composition and performance
- listen to a musical composition
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Examples
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Her observations on how many composers conceived their musical compositions in the 1990s are perceptive.
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The only copyright infringement is contained in the first claim—for infringement of the underlying musical composition.
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Yet we have little musical composition going on in schools.
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So I decided to make a musical composition inspired by her work in this area.
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More and more students will turn to electronic musical composition and performance.
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Words are also sounds that you can use in musical compositions.
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There is no point in identifying students with talent in musical composition if your program will only offer private studio instruction.
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Musical aesthetics must always be taken into account in teaching musical composition.
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Here is a musical composition performed by Meredith Monk and her friends called Panda Chant I.
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Students who can write lyrics and short musical compositions using standard and nonstandard notation demonstrate fluency in reading music texts.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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3.0
A creative work such as a song, painting or article
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3.5
A piece of music or writing made by someone
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1.8
A musical work like a song or music played by instruments
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8.1
A musical work that a composer writes and often numbers
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a piece of music written by a composer' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'musical' (related to music) with 'composition' (a created work). This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English adjective + noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Musical composition comes from the idea of composition and musical — composition means putting parts together and musical means 'about music'. A composer joins notes, rhythm, and instruments to make one work, so musical composition means 'a piece of music written by a composer'.