Albertus is known for his enlightening commentary on the musical practice of his times.

Because Augustine cites part of the commentary on Romans as by " Sanctus Hilarius " it has been ascribed by various critics at different times to almost every known Hilary.

The 9th-10th century master of the religious system known as " the nondual Shaivism of Kashmir " ( or " Kashmir Shaivism ") and aesthetician, Abhinavagupta brought rasa theory to its pinnacle in his separate commentaries on the Dhvanyāloka, the Dhvanyāloka-locana ( translated by Ingalls, Masson and Patwardhan, 1992 ) and the Abhinavabharati, his commentary on the Nātyashāstra, portions of which are translated by Gnoli and Masson and Patwardhan.

The earliest known detailed discussion of binomial coefficients is in a tenth-century commentary, due to Halayudha, on an ancient Hindu classic, Pingala's chandaḥśāstra.

Doonesbury became well known for its social and political commentary, always timely, and peppered with wry and ironic humor.

Yasna 19 ( which has only survived in a Sassanid era ( 226 – 650 CE ) Zend commentary on the Ahuna Vairya invocation ), prescribes a Path to Judgement known as the Chinvat Peretum or Chinvat bridge ( cf: As-Sirāt in Islam ), which all souls had to cross, and judgement ( over thoughts, words, deeds performed during a lifetime ) was passed as they were doing so.

Much of that work did not survive to modern times, and is known to us only through his commentary.

The period of the composition, redaction and commentary of these texts is known as the Vedic period, which lasted from roughly 2000 to 1500 BCE.

The Medieval rabbinic figure Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ), also known as the Rambam, wrote a commentary to tractate Sanhedrin stressing a relatively naturalistic interpretation of the Messiah and de-emphasizing miraculous elements.

Each of these plays and the others that Aristophanes wrote are known for their critical political and societal commentary.

Plato's explores the problematic moral status of rhetoric twice: in Gorgias, a dialogue named for the famed Sophist, and in The Phaedrus, a dialogue best known for its commentary on love.

In the commentary for the Special Edition Release of the film, George Lucas stated that had he known of the character's popularity, he would have made the death scene more impressive.

Modern critics call the Greek playwright Aristophanes one of the best known early satirists: his plays are known for their critical political and societal commentary, particularly for the political satire by which he criticized the powerful Cleon ( as in The Knights ).

By far the best known commentary on the Babylonian Talmud is that of Rashi ( Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, 1040 – 1105 ).

Medieval Ashkenazic Jewry produced another major commentary known as Tosafot (" additions " or " supplements ").

Voice-over ( also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary ) is a production technique where a voice that is not part of the narrative ( non-diegetic ) is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations.

The first known commentary on the book of Zohar,

Beginning with his first seminal work of 1941, Escape from Freedom ( known in Britain as Fear of Freedom ), Fromm's writings were notable as much for their social and political commentary as for their philosophical and psychological underpinnings.

Grammarians following Pāṇini include Kātyāyana ( c. 3rd century BCE ), who wrote aphorisms on Pāṇini ( the Varttika ) and advanced mathematics ; Patañjali ( 2nd century BCE ), known for his commentary on selected topics in Pāṇini's grammar ( the Mahabhasya ) and on Kātyāyana's aphorisms, as well as, according to some, the author of the Yoga Sutras, and Pingala, with his mathematical approach to prosody.

Through the night of the 22nd to dawn of the 23rd, Mullá Husayn became the first to accept the Báb's claims as the gateway to Truth and the initiator of a new prophetic cycle ; the Báb had replied in a satisfactory way to all of Mullá Husayn's questions and had written in his presence, with extreme rapidity, a long commentary of Surih of Joseph, which has come to be known as the Qayyúmu ' l-Asmá ' and is considered the Báb's first revealed work.

It is not well known, but the work is actually not a commentary on the Talmud but is rather a commentary on the Rif, and always starts with the text of the Rif ( see Shach quoted in Kellolei HoRif, Rabbeinu Osher, ViTur printed before the Rosh on Shabbos, Klal 2 ).

While much better known for his baseball and football commentary, Jack Buck was also the original voice of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.

* A record of executions conducted at the prison, together with commentary, was published as The Newgate Calendar, which inspired a genre of Victorian literature known as the Newgate novel.

David ha-Levi Segal ( c. 1586 – 20 February 1667 ), also known as the Turei Zahav ( abbreviated Taz ) after the title of his significant halakhic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, was one of the greatest Polish rabbinical authorities.

The Turei Zahav ( טורי זהב-" Rows of Gold "), an indispensable commentary on Shulchan Aruch ( Orach Chayim ), was published by Shabbethai Bass in Dyhernfurth in 1692, together with the Magen Abraham by Abraham Abele Gumbiner.

He was the father-in-law of Rabbi David HaLevi Segal, who frequently refers to him in Turei Zahav, his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch.

Carolyn Pressler, in a recent commentary for the Westminster Bible Companion series, suggests that readers of Joshua should give priority to its theological message (" what passages teach about God ") and be aware of what these would have meant to audiences in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE.

Hildegard also wrote nearly 400 letters to correspondents ranging from Popes to Emperors to abbots and abbesses ; two volumes of material on natural medicine and cures ; an invented language called the Lingua ignota ; various minor works, including a gospel commentary and two works of hagiography ; and three great volumes of visionary theology: Scivias, Liber vitae meritorum (" Book of Life's Merits " or " Book of the Rewards of Life "), and Liber divinorum operum (" Book of Divine Works ").

His repertoire mixed social commentary (" We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You ") and maudlin ballads (" Western Union Wire ") with raucous humor ( such as " Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed ").

His commentary on Tanakh — especially his commentary on the Chumash (" Five Books of Moses ") — is an indispensable aid to students of all levels.

Saba deMishpatim (" The Elder on Statutes ") is the commentary of Rav Yiba Saba regarding transmigration of souls, and punishments of the body in the grave.

Knut Hamsun's 1903 play Dronning Tamara (" Queen Tamara ") was less successful ; the theatre critics saw in it " a modern woman dressed in a medieval costume " and read the play as " a commentary on the new woman of the 1890s.

The mediaeval Sefer HaYashar, a commentary on the Torah, gives it as Zuleikha, as do many Islamic traditions and thus the Persian poem called Yusuf and Zulaikha ( from Jami's Haft Awrang (" Seven thrones ")).

The complete commentary on the Pentateuch, which, as has already been mentioned, was finished by Ibn Ezra shortly before his death, was called Sefer ha-Yashar (" Book of the Straight ").

In his commentary, he established the rule Proclivi scriptioni praestat ardua, (" the harder reading is to be preferred ").

His writings include Kitāb al-Muʿtabar (" The Book of What Has Been Established by Personal Reflection "); a philosophical commentary on the Kohelet, written in Arabic using Hebrew aleph bet ; and the treatise " On the Reason Why the Stars Are Visible at Night and Hidden in Daytime.

Influenced by the teaching of Rabbi Nissim of Gerona, via Ephraim Vidal's Yeshiva in Majorca, Duran's commentary Magen Avot (" The Shield of the Fathers "), which influenced Joseph Albo, is important.

In Matthew, these are followed by what is often viewed as a commentary (" when men shall revile you "), which R. T. France considers based on Isaiah 51: 7.

* Maimonides ' Sefer Hamitzvot (" Book of Commandments "), on which there is a critical commentary by Nachmanides ;

* Tikkun HaKlali (" General Remedy ")— Rebbe Nachman's order of ten Psalms to be recited for various problems, plus commentary by Reb Noson.

In the Edo period, Motoori Norinaga studied the Kojiki intensively, the results of which were published in his Kojiki-den (" Kojiki commentary ").

He also gave a final touch to the collection Studii şi documente (" Studies and Documents "), comprising his commentary on 30, 000 individual documents and spread over 31 tomes.

He was a voluminous author, writing such works as glosses on the Babylonian Talmud and Shulchan Aruch known as Biurei ha-Gra (" Elaboration by the Gra "), a running commentary on the Mishnah ( Shenoth Eliyahu (" The Years of Elijah "), and insights on the Pentateuch entitled Adereth Eliyahu (" The Splendor of Elijah ").

Carpenter's ninth studio album, The Calling, was released in 2007 by Rounder Records ' rock / pop imprint Zoë and featured commentary about contemporary politics, including reactions to the impact of Hurricane Katrina (" Houston ") and the agreement with the Dixie Chicks (" On With the Song ").