| Instead, the melodic phrases owe their unity and continuity to the juxtaposition of short segments with obvious motivic connections. |
| Tools for concrete calculations include algebraic K-theory and motivic cohomology. |
| The fugal finale was full of clarity of motivic detail, every part in place, building thrilling momentum. |
| His homophony, grounded in pre-twentieth-century melody-with-accompaniment ideals, largely excludes motivic counterpoint. |
| In less capable hands such a flurry of motivic activity can disintegrate into the unintelligible. |
| His symphonic scores revisited the motivic and symphonic aesthetic of the 19th century, a move regarded as retrogressive by modernist critics. |
