Other groups of Christians have historically excluded instrumental accompaniment, citing the absence of instruments in worship by the church in the first several centuries of its existence, and adhere to an unaccompanied a cappella congregational singing of hymns.

When William left in May 1695 to take command of the army in the Netherlands, Somers was made one of the seven lords-justices to whom the administration of the kingdom during his absence was entrusted ; and he was instrumental in bringing about a reconciliation between William and the Princess Anne.

Unusual aspects of the instrumental line-up for a traditional band include the presence of electric keyboards and the absence of percussion.

They developed a jazzy instrumental style of hip hop, due to an absence of available rappers.

With the new role on the pitch, Ilić was instrumental in helping Partizan win a national championship after a year of absence.

As Joe Harvard, a participant in the Boston scene, describes, it was often a simple necessity — the absence of a local recording industry and well-distributed music magazines left little recourse but DIY.

The absence in this thesis of clear distinction between mathematical and nonmathematical " creation " leaves open the inference that it applies to allegedly creative endeavors in art, music, and literature.

Gerhard Kubik notes that with the exception of New Orleans, early blues lacked complex polyrhythms, and there was a " very specific absence of asymmetric time-line patterns ( key patterns ) in virtually all early-twentieth-century African American music.

In this sense, the contemporary absence of composers of the status of Bach or Beethoven is not the sign of musical regression ; instead, new music is to be credited with laying bare aspects of the musical material previously repressed: The musical material's liberation from number, the harmonic series and tonal harmony.

The brothers have infamously, despite their high status in the mainstream, never appeared on Top of the Pops, with the use of music videos to replace the performance, sometimes accompanied by a video apologising for their absence.

The music style publicized as " Countrypolitan " was characterized by orchestral arrangements, and the absence of traditional country music instruments.

In 2007 they released the documentary DVD Inside the Smiths, a surprisingly affectionate memoir of their time with the band, notable for the absence of Marr, Morrissey, and their music.

Accordingly, when Enrico Caruso ( 1873 – 1921 ) — the most emulated Mediterranean tenor of the 20th century — made his acclaimed New York Metropolitan Opera debut in November 1903, one of the specific vocal attributes for which he was praised by music reviewers was the absence of a disruptive vibrato from his singing.

Very little non-Christian music from this period survived, due to its suppression by the Church and the absence of music notation ; however, folk music of modern Europe probably has roots at least as far back as the Middle Ages.

MGM has stated that the official reason for Kids Incorporated's absence from the DVD and TV markets has not been because of domestic or music rights, but because of recent financial changes to the companies involved with the series.

Judicious decisions were also made on which acts would be included and which ones would not, due to either technical difficulties in the original performances, the absence of original footage, or for music rights reasons.

For music storage, digital formats offer an absence of clicks, pops, wow, flutter, acoustic feedback, and rumble, compared to vinyl records.

Attempts were made by their management to completely downplay Pinder's absence, notably at a major UK music press party Decca organised, when the top Decca dignitary guest, while making a " welcome back " speech, openly referred to " Mike Pinder being currently absent over in the States ", much to their dismay.

During his absence, his house and his music publisher in Berlin were bombed.

In 2002, international singer Olga Tañón, a very important figure in the world of Latin American music, left the company, but her absence was somewhat filled immediately with the signing of rising singer, Melina León and TV personality, Silverio Pérez.

Following his debut album's success, D ' Angelo went into a four-and-a-half-year absence from the music scene and releasing solo work.

The bands of the Royal Marines Bands Service take precedence over all bands because the Royal Marines ( once belonging to the Army ) now belong to the Royal Navy, and in the absence of navy bands, represent music in the Senior Service.

Something which is neither quite tragedy nor quite comedy, something which touches the heights and depths of sentiment and reveals the dark places of the human heart without lingering long enough there to crystallise the painful impression, a love story broken for a moment into passionate chords by absence and inconstancy and intrigue, and then reunited to the music of wedding bells.

After eight years of absence from making music, Lepa Brena returned in 2008 with a studio album, Uđi slobodno ....

After a lengthy career, and a notable absence from the music charts for several years, he resurrected his career with this album of fifteen cover versions and two original tracks (" Sexbomb ", " Looking Out My Window ") recorded as duets with current artists.

The otherworldly feasting at Harlech and Gwales, with boundless supply of food and drink, heavenly music, and the absence of grief and sorrow, is known in the early Welsh tradition as " The Assembly of the Noble Head.

After a seemingly long absence from New Zealand, the Lions returned in 1930 to some success.

New evidence from Babylon has verified the existence of Belshazzar, the name first given in Daniel 5: 1, as well as his co-regency during the absence of his father, Nabonidus, in Temâ.

At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, Luthor sets in motion a calculated plot to discredit Supernova, a new hero who has taken over defending Metropolis in Superman's absence.

" In his absence, New Amsterdam was attacked by Native Americans, during the " Peach War ".

In the United States, Asa Gray negotiated with a Boston publisher for publication of an authorised American version, but learnt that two New York publishing firms were already planning to exploit the absence of international copyright to print Origin.

* May 9 – The pianist Vladimir Horowitz returned to stage after a 12 years absence performing a legendary concert in Carnegie Hall in New York.

The two lovers finally settle down in New Orleans, where the virtual absence of class differences allows them for a while to live in idyllic peace.

< li > In entrepreneurship: New products, services, firms and even markets are often created in the absence of probability estimates.

In 1988 – 89, Philadelphia returned to the playoffs after a one-year absence, but were swept in the first round by the New York Knicks.

In 2000, Lorin Maazel made a guest-conducting appearance with the New York Philharmonic in two weeks of subscription concerts after an absence of over twenty years, which was met with a positive reaction from the orchestra musicians.

The reason for Henrik's departure from Denmark was due to a New Year's Day reception in which his son, Crown Prince Frederik, was appointed host in the absence of Queen Margrethe.

After an absence of thirty-four years Monteux was invited to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1953.

After a five-year absence from filming, Day-Lewis returned to act in multiple Academy Award-nominated films such as Gangs of New York, a film directed by Martin Scorsese ( with whom he had worked on The Age of Innocence ) and produced by Harvey Weinstein.

New evidence from Babylon has verified the existence of Belshazzar as well as his co-regency during the absence of his father, Nabonidus, in Temâ.

The New Jersey Driver's Manual recommends that, in the absence of flow control signs, traffic yields based on " historically established traffic flow patterns ", and there are no set rules.

He immediately applied for a year's leave of absence from the City College of New York so he could study in Europe.

In 1982, Peters returned to the New York stage after an eight year absence in one of her few non-musical stage appearances, the Off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club production of the comedy-drama Sally and Marsha, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

The New Zealand wrens evolved in the absence of mammals for many millions of years, and the family was losing the ability to fly.

However, Moran's son Tom briefly served as the team's interim coach that year after Charley took a leave of absence to officiate in the 1927 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Despite the absence of support from the Royal Navy, the New England expedition set out in March 1745 for Louisbourg.

His underground reputation bubbled beneath the surface into the 1980s and 90s despite his general absence from the flourishing New York art scene.

Whereas British buyers rued the absence of a saloon version of the Sierra, in New Zealand, it was the absence of an estate ( a " station wagon " there ) that customers missed, when Ford New Zealand replaced the Cortina with the Ford Telstar range.