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  • noun Plural form of figuration.

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  • Both these earlier works shone with a startling transparency, the textures clear, the speedy, whirring string figurations beautifully controlled.

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Chailly; Castor and Pollux– review

  • If anything, I suspect that just as “cosmic” points to the cosmos to signify a vastness we cannot really imagine, figurations of rape point to that act to signify an abhorrence at the edge of imagination.

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  • A symphony's slowly shifting harmonies shape its dramatic structure, yet audiences will more likely notice the fancy figurations that skitter above them.

    A Bigger Band, the Same Steady Hand

  • What I talk about as alethic models can very much be considered figurations constructed in such a way, made to be tested for relevance as regards empirical data.

    Bukiet on Brooklyn Books

  • Stalwart tenor Paul Groves, a regular at the SFO and survivor of last year's unfortunate Tales of Hoffmann, was a commanding dramatic presence as Gualtiero, his voice strong if not completely comfortable in the rapid vocal figurations of the Baroque style.

    Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera

  • Such vivid figurations may help us recall meteorological phenomena and their terminology, though to people the heavens with unsavory characters—not to mention aerial fast-food joints—seems a bit mundane.

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  • Stalwart tenor Paul Groves, a regular at the SFO and survivor of last year's unfortunate Tales of Hoffmann, was a commanding dramatic presence as Gualtiero, his voice strong if not completely comfortable in the rapid vocal figurations of the Baroque style.

    Rodney Punt: Griselda in Peter Sellars Production at Santa Fe Opera

  • If anything, I suspect that just as “cosmic” points to the cosmos to signify a vastness we cannot really imagine, figurations of rape point to that act to signify an abhorrence at the edge of imagination.

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  • In the Corrente, he nicely balances left-hand staccato against right-hand figurations.

    On CD: Ashkenazy's Bach

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