dissonance
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Anchored on a near-orchestral soundstage, its 20 tracks ricochet from in-your-face punk dissonance to majestic broken-heart dirges, a lovely duet with St. Vincent, rootsy folk interludes and farfisa-rich lounge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
For Iran’s fans in America, the whole adventure has been one long exercise in historical dissonance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
To put it plainly: Julian’s imitations lacked the vivacity that made his art unique, resulting in an uncanny dissonance between idea and result.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
As if this wasn’t ominous enough, the latest BofA Securities fund-manager’s survey shows that Wall Street is, once again, experiencing severe cognitive dissonance: It is simultaneously worried about the market, but afraid to sell.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
It’s a weird kind of dissonance, seeing him stand here in front of my door.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
The word-painting in these arresting madrigal-style pieces, heightened by Gesualdo’s characteristic dissonances, is starkly immediate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Pohlad treasures the harmonies and dissonances that wonderful actors create, even if his camera can excessively linger on Affleck’s brooding at the expense of an under-utilized Deschanel as the long-supportive wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
The duel with the guitarist was remarkable, with the two of them first trading, then meshing into some dissonances that were downright avant-garde.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2022
In “Der Doppelgänger” — one of Schubert’s most terrifying songs — she sustained dissonances, letting their uneasiness warp and linger under Padmore’s stark melody.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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