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adjective as in harmonic, lyrical

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• sweet-sounding
• symphonious

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University of Toulouse archaeologist Carole Fritz and her colleagues recently recognized the shell as a musical instrument.

The song of a fin whale is not exactly the sort of thing you'd typically describe as musical.

In musical terms, grower Champagne is a like solo album, while house Champagnes are more collaborations, like GZA’s Liquid Swords compared to the group triumph of Wu-Tang Forever, or Zayn Malik’s latest compared with anything from One Direction.

If the shell horn was used as a musical instrument, it’s certainly not the oldest.

In the host city of Tampa, parties are being planned with performances by top musical acts.

He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career.

Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

Her mother had a musical theater background, so Malone grew up backstage, watching productions come to fruition.

I heard that at one point you were trying to put together a Batman musical on Broadway.

The cultural weather was particularly clement for musical theater writers during this period.

All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.

In connection with this step the practice of melodies is useful, if one has musical taste.

There cannot be many persons in the world who keep up with the whole range of musical literature as he does.

Chief and most musical among these signs were the almost forgotten sounds of dropping water, and tinkling rills.

It is a great thing for the musical education of the country to have such an organization travelling every winter.

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Words related to musical are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word musical . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

adjective as in beautiful, satisfying to senses

• imaginative
• picturesque
• stimulating

noun as in musical performance

• jam session

adjective as in melodious

• pleasing to the ear
• pleasurable
• mellifluous

adjective as in pleasing to the ear

• well-pitched

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to musical, such as: choral, melodic, operatic, rhythmic, symphonic, and vocal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Synonyms of presentation

• as in present
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Thesaurus Definition of presentation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contribution
• benefaction
• care package
• philanthropy
• benevolence
• beneficence
• remembrance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peace offering

Thesaurus Entries Near presentation

presentable

presentation

presentations

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“Presentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presentation. Accessed 19 May. 2024.

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More than a decade after a stroke, Randy Travis sings again, courtesy of AI

By Lee Cowan

May 5, 2024 / 9:10 AM EDT / CBS News

Even if you're not into country, you can't help but bathe in the baritone that is Randy Travis. His voice goes down like whisky – always has, ever since his first album, "Storms of Life," in 1986.  "I thought if we sold 40,000 copies they might let us make a second record." said producer Kyle Lehning.

They ended up selling four million . "So, I'm a genius!" Lehning laughed.

Randy Travis and that voice helped build Warner Music Nashville into what it is today. "How do you describe the thing that just hits you in the center of your chest and unconsciously makes you feel full, and familiar, and known?" said Cris Lacy, the label's co-chair and co-president. "How do you describe something like that?"

His was a God-given talent … and then, fate took it all away.

In 2013 Travis suffered a massive stroke . He was given just a 2% chance of survival. "I thought we were going to lose him," said Lehning.

Lacy said, "It felt like it could be the end of an era."

Besides the paralysis, the area of his brain that controls speech and language was hit the hardest. Randy's wife, Mary, said, "Music is what he's made of. Music is his heart, it's his soul."

Mary does most of the talking these days. She said Randy know what he wants to say, but it just doesn't come out.

Asked if he'd made peace with that, Randy replied, "Yep. Yep."

Three years after his stroke, with Mary at his side, Travis was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and gave "Amazing Grace" new meaning . There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

In his absence, though, he's heard a lot of AI-generated fakes of his voice. A simple Google search brings up sites that promise to covert anyone's vocal into a Randy Travis sound-alike. "It doesn't sound good, and it doesn't sound real, because it's not," said Lacy.

And that got his record label to thinking. Lacy said, "We started with this concept of, what would AI for good look like for us? And the first thing that came to mind was, we would give Randy Travis his voice back."

There were more than a few skeptics – Kyle Lehning, for one. "It sounded like a parlor trick or something," he said.

But Lehning (with Randy's blessing) decided to try. He and Warner Music started by pulling 42 Randy Travis tracks from the vault, like the original recording of his hit "1982." And then, they stripped away the music, leaving only the vocal.

That was half the recipe. The other half needed to be provided by a donated, or "surrogate," voice. In this case, that voice came from country music singer James DuPre.

The AI program – the "secret sauce" – takes Travis' voice and overlays it on top of DuPre's singing. It's hardly an exact science.  "It's not about how it sounds; it's about how it feels ," Lehning said.

And that is not something a computer can figure out. "Not yet!" Lehning laughed.

He knows Travis' voice almost better than Randy does; they've worked together for 40 years.  This time, though, the task was to take a computer-generated voice and give it Randy's country heart.  "Him being here and him being able to be a vital part of the decision-making process makes all the difference to me," said Lehning.

In the end, they landed on something they felt worthy of a voice no one but those who knew him best could replicate.

According to Lacy, "It's Randy Travis. Randy's on the other side of the microphone. It's still his vocal. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to make music, and to deprive him of that, if he still wants to do that, that's unconscionable to me."

Two months ago, Warner Music gathered a small circle of fellow musicians into a recording studio. Randy sat with a Cheshire Cat's grin, and then they hit "play."

Listen to Randy Travis' "Where That Came From":

The reaction to his first new song in more than a decade was a mix of joy and wonder. 

For his wife, tears. For Randy's country friends, like Grammy-winning superstar Carrie Underwood, there was confusion. ("How? How? How?!? ") For Cole Swindell, who just won three ACM Awards, it reminded him of why he became a country singer in the first place. ("For you all to let me hear it, that means a lot. Damn, I'm glad to hear you sing!") And veteran country star Clay Walker was simply over the moon.

Even Randy's own family hadn't heard it until two weeks ago.

It was perfection ... with a caveat.  "We don't exactly know how to get here again," said Cris Lacy.

The second song they're working on is proving a harder nut to crack. There's still work to be done, and a lot of questions to answer about what this all means going forward.

But revel in this: After a decade-long absence, Randy Travis is back on the radio. His post-stroke debut song, "Where That Came From," was released this past week.

For Randy, it's not just a single, it's a victory. And as Mary says, "It's a life inspiration. Speak kindly, love fully, live completely, and leave the rest to God."

Sounds like there's a song in there somewhere. We can only hope.

      For more info:

• Order  "Where That Came From"  by Randy Travis
• randytravis.com

      Story produced by Reid Orvedahl. Editor: Lauren Barnello.

Lee Cowan is an Emmy award winning journalist serving as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for "CBS Sunday Morning."

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The Met’s ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ makes for a very welcoming underworld

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, soprano Ying Fang and choreographer Mark Morris light up Gluck’s setting of the Orpheus myth

NEW YORK — For a trip to hell and back, the Metropolitan Opera’s season-closing revival of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Eurydice” is journey full of pleasures.

The “beautiful simplicity” that Gluck called his “greatest labor” in setting the Orpheus myth (and the “noble simplicity” that poet Ranieri de’ Calzabigi similarly sought in his libretto) are carried through in every aspect of choreographer Mark Morris’s resuscitated staging. And just as that 18th-century duo dispensed with the excesses of Baroque opera-seria, Morris’s production — which premiered in 2007 — strips the myth into spare conceptualism with regularly scheduled wow moments. It’s a crisp, clean, often amusing and thoroughly enchanting production — the kind of thoughtful, uncluttered opera of which we could use much more.

Gluck’s 1762 interpretation pares the tale down to just a trio of voices and chorus, and this current cast works wonders: Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings the noble Orfeo, soprano Ying Fang sings the recently deceased Eurydice and soprano Elena Villalón makes her Met debut as the cheeky Cupid Amore.

Costanzo, who is onstage and singing for the entirety of the opera’s uninterrupted three acts, brought to Orfeo a beautiful balance of mythic transparency, heroic humanity and intriguing mystery — he’s rendered here as a man in black with a guitar and silver spangled shoulders. (The countertenor David Daniels was the first man to sing the role at the Met for the premiere of the current production in 2007; subsequent revivals have cast mezzos like Stephanie Blythe and Jamie Barton.)

His mourning effectively echoed “the voice of the wood dove” through the first act, grieving with soft attack over the little black box of Euridice’s grave. And while there was some shaky footing in Costanzo’s introductory “Ah! se intorno a quest’uma funesta,” his voice swiftly sturdied, locking into a firm embrace with the orchestra. His song in the Elysian fields (“Che puro ciel”) was jewel-clear and soaring. And by the time we reached the demanding Act III aria — “Che faro senza Eurydice?” — his tone was bright and gleaming — his one or two faltered notes promptly forgiven by a long and long-delayed ovation.

The rich, rounded voice of Chinese soprano Ying Fang made a lovely foil to the blade of Costanzo’s countertenor — a lovely soft-hard timbral fit that formed the tight braid of their third-act duet (“Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte”/"Viens, suis un époux”). She’s also a fine actress, with remarkable expressive range. I loved listening to her anguish between life and the “peaceful oblivion” of death in the final act. (However unfairly, she makes a fair point: If Orf can’t even look at her, why bother resurrecting?)

Elena Villalón was the surprise treat of the night as Amore, who descends from on high in a T-shirt, khakis, sneakers and a pair of store-bought wings. She brought a big, wide, golden voice and surplus charm to the proceedings, with a sensational “Gli sguardi trattieni Amor” in Act I. Villalón also lit up Act III’s happy (and pleasantly hammy) ending.

Costanzo’s true counterpart in this love story is the chorus, which presides over the action from its station in the stands. Its 86 singers are a gallery of the dead: Among their ranks are kings, queens, nuns, nursemaids, Edwardian gentlemen, Victorian ladies, cowboys, baseball players. One could (and did) get very distracted scanning each for the suggestion of their stories. Vocally, I can’t recall this chorus sounding better — achieving misty lightness in Act I, appropriate fury in Act II and celebratory exuberance at the finale. (If you managed to see “ Only an Octave Apart ” — Costanzo’s 2022 cabaret with Justin Vivian Bond — the resounding interjections of “No!” from the chorus in “Deh placatevi con me” will inspire a smile.)

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The pouncing strings of the overture didn’t give so much as a glimpse of the music to come (Gluck pinned it on to satisfy the ceremonial demands of the Austrian emperor’s name day), but did offer a forecast of conductor J. David Jackson’s energetic evening from the podium.

A last-minute replacement for Christian Curnyn (who fell ill), Jackson brought admirably sustained vigor to Gluck’s score, moving things right along, attending the opera’s many dances with bright, bristly playing and brisk forward momentum — much of it driven by the harpsichord of Jonathan C. Kelly and the glimmering harp of Hannah Cope (a sound that belies how much heavy lifting it does in the score). I loved the darting violins and flourishes of oboe and flute that introduced the Elysian fields; and the triumphant throwdown of the finale has been stuck in my head since I left the hall.

The other star of this show is movement itself. Morris animates every inch of the opera — from the small gestures that cascade up the tiers of the chorus like leaves rising in an updraft to the whirling halo of dancers surrounding the grieving Orfeo. Bodies unfurl like banners, spin like tops, lock arms and cycle in circles. Gestures recur like musical themes: They sneak glances, they avert their gaze and cover their eyes, they crane their necks to the heavens, they sink to the floor.

The staging, too, indulged a sense of movement that yielded several spectacles — a seemingly endless stairway to the underworld descending from the rafters; a carousel stage revealing the unexpectedly detailed crags and tunnels of Hades; the hand-pushing parting of the choral stands, its imposing geometry catching harsh light.

Morris’s is a production that leaves plenty of room for everything you love about opera and refrains from extraneous massage of the material. The result is an underworld worth a visit — or two.

“Orfeo ed Eurydice” runs at the Metropolitan Opera through June 8, www.metopera.org .

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