Something seemed to call him, but not in a way to which he could set words.

Text declamation refers to the manner in which a composer sets words to music.

"More than anything, I love setting words to music," he said.

Besides, Stravinsky had always had funny ideas about setting words to music.

He sets words lucidly and this cast sang them clearly.

I immediately asked him to compose two or three hymns, setting words from the Psalms to music.

As in the convict era, most bush music was made by setting new words to well-known traditional or popular songs.

McCoy sighed, and if he had set words to that music, they would have been "Here we go again."

But it could just as easily be any of the other tormented souls whose identity is affirmed only by setting words on a page.

He had an exceptional understanding of how to set words to music.