He has written several symphonies as well as music for movies.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

In our art music, our symphonies, concertos genres of this sort, the performer is actually much less important.

在我们的高雅音乐,像我们的交响乐,协奏曲,这类的体裁中,演奏者往往不那么重要

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We get great Mahler symphonies yet we have everybody sitting there rock-still at these concerts.

我们拥有伟大的马勒交响曲的同时,也要求大家在音乐会上要坐得像块石头

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He has written operas, concertos and symphonies.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

So when later on we're dealing with symphonies and things like that you may be sketching little motivic snippets, little rhythmic snippets, that you'll file away.

那么,以后我们面对交响乐,以及类似音乐时,你可以草画一些动机片段,一些节奏片段,以便将来进行整理

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He had actually written a couple of symphonies by this time.

事实上他当时已经写了两部交响曲了。

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Symphonies generally have four movements.

交响乐一般有四个乐章

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