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
The dedicatory prayer was offered by Rev. Doctor Peabody, who consecrated the building "to science, humanity and charity, to Christian tenderness and love, and to all the ministries that can enrich humanity."
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown
