songful

Example Sentences

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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

For all that techno-drama, it wound up being Mitchell who took the early, demonstrative lead in improvising — with some fluid, songful passages that added a depth of lyricism to the boisterous material for Signal.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022

Mr. Peacock’s “raw charisma and fiery temperament could almost match Ayler in songful intensity,” pianist Ethan Iverson wrote in Jazz Times magazine in April.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020

The jaunty, songful theme that opens the movie sets a mood that Caine catches breezily—even if the character of Alfie himself is sordid and sleazy in a way that the music doesn’t at all imply.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2017

But this affected not the songful ones, And evermore in beauty lived the rose.

From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry