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  2. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture

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    Framing all the great music out there only drags down its immediacy. The songs are lyrics, not speeches, and they're tunes, not paintings. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture—it's a really stupid thing to want to do. [2] [10] Costello subsequently became widely identified with the quote.

  3. Arch form - Wikipedia

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    In music, arch form is a sectional structure for a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order, of all or most musical sections such that the overall form is symmetric, most often around a central movement. The sections need not be repeated verbatim but must at least share thematic material.

  4. The arts - Wikipedia

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    The arts are considered various practices or objects done by people with skill, creativity, and imagination across cultures and history, viewed as a group. [1] These activities include painting, sculpture, music, theatre, literature, and more. [2] Art refers to the way of doing or applying human creative skills, typically in visual form. [3] [4]

  5. Architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architecture can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures. [9] The art and science of designing buildings and (some) nonbuilding structures; [9] sometimes called "architectonics" [10] The style of design and method of construction of buildings and other physical structures. [9] A unifying or coherent form or ...

  6. History of architecture - Wikipedia

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    The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings of all these traditions is thought to be humans satisfying the very basic need of shelter and protection. [ 1 ]

  7. Architectural acoustics - Wikipedia

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    Architectural acoustics (also known as building acoustics) is the science and engineering of achieving a good sound within a building and is a branch of acoustical engineering. [1] The first application of modern scientific methods to architectural acoustics was carried out by the American physicist Wallace Sabine in the Fogg Museum lecture room.

  8. Studio - Wikipedia

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    In the Studio, by Marie Bashkirtseff, 1881, oil on canvas, Dnipro State Art Museum, Dnipro, Ukraine [1]. A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, radio or television production broadcasting or the ...

  9. Auditorium - Wikipedia

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    The audience in a modern theatre are usually separated from the performers by the proscenium arch, although other types of stage are common.. The price charged for seats in each part of the auditorium (known in the industry as the house) usually varies according to the quality of the view of the stage.