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sightread — /ˈsaɪtrid/ (say suytreed) verb (t) (sightread /ˈsaɪtrɛd/ (say suytred), sightreading /ˈsaɪtridɪŋ/ (say suytreeding)) to play, read, or sing (music) from a written or printed score without previous rehearsal or study. Also, sight read, sight read …
sightread — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sight read • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader • Topics: ↑music … Useful english dictionary
sight-read — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sightread • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader (for: ↑sightread) • … Useful english dictionary
Edvard Grieg — Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the Romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen s play Peer Gynt (which… … Wikipedia
George Thalben-Ball — Sir George Thomas Thalben Ball CBE (18 June 1896 ndash;18 January 1987) was an English organist and composer.He was born in Sydney, Australia of English parents who brought him back to England when he was 4. His father and brother were born in… … Wikipedia
Minnesota Youth Symphonies — Origin Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA Genres Classical Occupations Youth Orchestra Years active 1972 present … Wikipedia
Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association — The Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (more commonly known as VBODA) is an organization of high school, middle school, and elementary school band and orchestra directors within the Commonwealth of Virginia, whose mission is to… … Wikipedia
Parthenia (music) — Parthenia or the Maydenhead of the first musicke that ever was printed for the Virginalls was, as the title states, the first printed collection of music for keyboard in England. Virginals was a generic word at the time that covered all plucked… … Wikipedia
sight-reader — noun A person who is able to sightread … Wiktionary
sight-read — verb past tense and past participle sightread, (I, T) to play or sing written music when you look at it for the first time, without practising it first sight reader noun (C) sight reading noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
