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From the Ted Talk by Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And there began to be a real difference at this point between the art of improvisation and the art of composition. Now an improviser senses and plays the next cool move, but a composer is considering all possible moves, tnetisg them out, prioritizing them out, until he sees how they can form a pofeurwl and coherent design of ultimate and eiudrnng coolness. Now some of the greatest composers, like Bach, were combinations of these two things. Bach was like a great improviser with a mind of a chses msaetr. Mozart was the same way.

Open Cloze

And there began to be a real difference at this point between the art of improvisation and the art of composition. Now an improviser senses and plays the next cool move, but a composer is considering all possible moves, _______ them out, prioritizing them out, until he sees how they can form a ________ and coherent design of ultimate and ________ coolness. Now some of the greatest composers, like Bach, were combinations of these two things. Bach was like a great improviser with a mind of a _____ ______. Mozart was the same way.

Solution

  1. powerful
  2. testing
  3. master
  4. enduring
  5. chess

Original Text

And there began to be a real difference at this point between the art of improvisation and the art of composition. Now an improviser senses and plays the next cool move, but a composer is considering all possible moves, testing them out, prioritizing them out, until he sees how they can form a powerful and coherent design of ultimate and enduring coolness. Now some of the greatest composers, like Bach, were combinations of these two things. Bach was like a great improviser with a mind of a chess master. Mozart was the same way.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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classical music 5
big forms 2
world symphony 2

Important Words

  1. art
  2. bach
  3. began
  4. chess
  5. coherent
  6. combinations
  7. composer
  8. composers
  9. composition
  10. cool
  11. coolness
  12. design
  13. difference
  14. enduring
  15. form
  16. great
  17. greatest
  18. improvisation
  19. improviser
  20. master
  21. mind
  22. move
  23. moves
  24. mozart
  25. plays
  26. point
  27. powerful
  28. prioritizing
  29. real
  30. sees
  31. senses
  32. testing
  33. ultimate