Among the perennially interested are practicing musicians, who come at the matter from the perspective of interpreters.

The women stitched gowns for the gala, the men polished their silver buttons and buckles, the musicians practiced the dance music in vogue in Mexico City, the cooks worked like slaves to prepare the most sumptuous banquet ever seen in their town.

Moye at the time was rehearsing and performing in Paris, France, at the American Center for Students and Artists, where musicians such as Art Taylor and Johnny Griffin practiced collectively.

In earlier times almost all musicians practiced both disciplines, including Schack, Mozart's first Tamino, who was also a successful composer of light operas.

If I hear the instrument, I figure the musician is practicing at my expense.

Somebody must have matched current to them and these musicians had practiced to imitate the sound.

Music floated through the air as musicians practiced their craft or gave lessons in upper rooms, and the sharp smells of drying paint and turpentine were strong in the cool air.

There we sat for hours, the rain gently pouring down, as the musicians practiced, unconscious of their rapt audience of two.

The musicians had played instruments for 15 to 21 years and now practiced 10 to 40 hours a week.

Of course, New Jersey's most famous rock 'n' roll breeding ground was the home of Tex and Marion Vinyard in Freehold, where local musicians, including Bruce Springsteen, practiced in the late 1960's and early 1970's.