The score, Sondheim's first time on Broadway writing both words and music, was coolly received, however, not even garnering a nomination.

In 2007, he was elected a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and in 2008 received an Honorary Doctorate from the Stockholm University Faculty of Humanities for contributing importantly both to the preservation and the growth of the Swedish folk music tradition.

The marketing of Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True included advertisements in three UK music papers from which a poster of Costello could be constructed, and the first 1, 000 pressings contained an insert headed Help Us Hype Elvis, which, if completed and returned to Stiff, ensured that a friend would received a free copy.

The new audio disc was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities, and its handling quality received particular praise.

The music video for the 2006 Academy Award-nominated song Listen, performed by Beyoncé Knowles, received a director's cut by Diane Martel.

" and the accompanying music video received some praise.

Even though Eva Sapir was an important influence, Sapir received his lust for knowledge and interest in scholarship, aesthetics and music from his father.

There, he received his first music lessons from a local organist.

With sales of his music dwindling and after appearing in several poorly received films, Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971.

In 2002, he received a for a " system and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra.

She received a bachelor's degree in mathematics, music and education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

This awoke in him a lifelong love for Italian music, particularly opera: I had brought with me from Paris the prejudice of that city against Italian music ; but I had also received from nature a sensibility and niceness of distinction which prejudice cannot withstand.

He had been composing steadily throughout the 1850s and 60s, but his music had evoked divided critical responses, and the Piano Concerto No. 1 had been badly received in some of its early performances.

Antonín Dvořák, who received substantial assistance from Brahms, deeply admired his music and was influenced by it in several works, such as the Symphony No. 7 in D minor and the F minor Piano Trio.

He released " U Don't Know Me " as the first single from the album, but it failed to chart, and the music video received little airplay on major music video channels.

In September 2007, Marley Marl received an award from the Berklee College of Music for his contribution to music.

As of November 19, 2011, it has sold over 100, 000 copies and received some of the most positive reviews the band has ever got from music critics.

In February 1976, the band received its first significant press coverage ; guitarist Steve Jones declared that the Sex Pistols were not so much into music as they were " chaos ".

The music video for the single " Rock Box " was the first ever rap video to air on MTV and received heavy rotation from the channel.

By this time his later music had acquired a following in Russia, and he received invitations to return there, but he decided to stay in Europe.

Her performance received little acclaim, but it convinced Bell, who hated pop music, that Twain should stay well away from it and concentrate on country music.

The instrumental backing was effectively recorded live in the studio, while Van Vliet overdubbed most of the vocals in only partial synch with the music by hearing the slight sound leakage through the studio window.

When asked what would make a revised work eligible, the chairman of that year's music jury, Robert Ward, said: " Not a cut here and there ... or a slight revision ," but rather something that changed " the whole conception of the piece.

( To clarify: 78, 78 +, and Mars LP: The Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977 – 1978 all feature essentially the same half-hour batch of music, but with very slight auditory differences.

Lear touted this as a great improvement, because much more music could be held inside a standard cartridge housing, but in practice this resulted in a slight loss of sound quality and an increase in background noise from the narrower tape tracks.

She accepts the Celtic label, but has at times indicated a slight discomfort with being seen as " New Age " as much of her music is strongly Christian, with several of her songs centring on maintaining a relationship with Jesus Christ.

" Alex Henderson of Allmusic described the record as " disturbing and powerful ," while Joe Matera of Ultimate Guitar deemed the album a slight departure ; he wrote that while the pace was slowed down, it " didn't sacrifice any of the heaviness inherent in Slayer's music.

He recognised from the first two important disqualifications — his indifference to music and his slight knowledge of architecture.

While playing a guitar without humbuckers, a musician would hear a slight but significant hum through their pickups during quiet sections of music.

Saddle Creek Records continues to be the flagship label of a style of music called " The Omaha Sound ", characterized by a slight country twang.

" By this point, music had taken a slight backstage to poetry for Brassens, who now dreamed of being a writer.

It is industry convention for recordings of music intended to be used for dancing to be regularized into strict tempo despite the original performance having the slight tempo fluctuations of all human performances.

Despite a slight slip of popularity in the early part of the decade, adult contemporary and country music were still able to find success throughout the 2000s.

With the change of name there was also a slight change of style from guitar music to electropop.

* Minimalism — a style of music that began with the repetition of short motifs, sometimes going out of phase due to slight differences of speed, and crescendoed into a movement of simple diatonic music of clearly defined linear processes.

Without any family background in music ( the only real interest was his mother's slight interest in playing the piano ), Wilson began piano lessons in 1931 ( at the age of nine ), continuing them until 1938.

It is widely used in the classical music of Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.

The third season saw a slight revamp ( including the theme music being rearranged into a more pop-driven version ), with Corrigan set into place as Stacy's partner, Captain Sheridan being dropped into the background ( appearing as ' Special Guest Star ' in just a few third and fourth season episodes ), and stories drifting toward a more straight forward cops-and-robbers fare.

The first stage theme bears a very slight resemblance to the main theme music from Frogger, another Konami arcade game.

Created by NVA, a Scottish environmental arts company directed by Angus Farquhar ( formerly of Test Dept ) and designed by a team including "< slight >" and David Bryant, the work contained music by Geir Jenssen, Paul Mounsey, live performance by Gaelic singer Anne Martin and recordings of the works of Gaelic poet Somhairle MacGill-Eain ( Sorley MacLean ).

It is aimed at upmarket 40-59 year olds, playing classic and contemporary easy listening music with a slight female bias.

Set in the New York City music industry ( with a slight nod to Othello ), Find and Sign is about a bumpy romance between an on-the-rise young record executive and an idealistic public school teacher.

The music during this opener would be used for almost a decade, with a slight change in 1994, and finally being replaced entirely for the 1995-1996 season.

A slight format change occurred recently as KRTH added adult contemporary Christmas music from performers such as Mannheim Steamroller, Air Supply, and Barry Manilow.