dedicatory
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But as is typical with Kurtag’s dedicatory works, he’s able to tip his hat to another composer while sounding like himself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
One of St. Petersburg’s more flamboyant journalists, Alexander Nekrasov, showed a photo on Instagram of a copy of one of Sokolov’s books, on which the historian had written, “With the dedicatory inscription of a maniac.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2019
The volume is constructed identically to her first, with a dedicatory epistle followed by the translations and an original poem, “The necessitie and benefite of affliction.”
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 5, 2019
“Throughout it all, Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose,” Hahn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2019
I want a dedicatory poem so much, but if I get only a line from you I should be happy.
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
