First of all, the longing for a spiritual transcendence of musical convention is nothing new.
The song became better known nationally in the 1930s when African-American churches held huge musical conventions.
What became more important than the melodies themselves were the musical conventions added to them.
The idea was to shatter musical conventions and take full advantage of the drummer's unique position.
"Astronaut" offers some musical conventions, like characters breaking into original songs that boom with feelings and thoughts.
Personally, accepting its form as one accepts the musical convention of a fugue, I find that it stirs me deeply.
He conducted musical conventions, singing schools and concerts for his employers.
After the war, he went into the music field, teaching at singing schools and conducting at musical conventions.
His website clarinetconspiracy.com is dedicated to innovative music and challenges mainstream musical convention.
It is often self-sufficient, and, given the musical conventions of the period, completely apt.
