virtuoso

In the course of the social and harmonious evening just mentioned, one of the captain's men, who happened to be something of a virtuoso in his way, and fond of collecting curiosities, produced a small skin, a great rarity in the eyes of men conversant in peltries.

That part of his scheme was crude and brutal--it lacked the refinement of torture that had marked the master strokes of the Paulvitch of old, when he had worked with that virtuoso of villainy, Nikolas Rokoff--but it at least assured Paulvitch of immunity from responsibility, placing that upon the ape, who would thus also be punished for his refusal longer to support the Russian.

To say the truth, Jones himself was not a little surprized at what he saw; for, besides the extraordinary neatness of the room, it was adorned with a great number of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have engaged the attention of a virtuoso.

adopts the category of "virtuoso religion" where "the defining character of virtuoso religion is its ability to maintain alternative structures that present a reversed image of society whilst remaining within its ]society's] ideological and institutional structures" (205).

"Bravo Fortissimo Glenn Gould: The Mind of a Canadian Virtuoso" is a look at, agreed to by many pianist critics, the most influential Canadian piano player in history and the power he held over crowds during his performances and the quirky and eccentric behavior that followed him off the stage.

In particular, the alternative discourse of the virtuoso emerged alongside, historically, the modest witness, and was its cultural and ideological antithesis, though some seventeenth-century skeptics suspected that the modest witness might actually devolve into a virtuoso.

We use the term virtuoso when referring to musicians, dancers, and other artists and performers.

With his roots deep in virtuoso jazz piano--he trained with Mingus pianist Jaki Byard--Kurstin is a man who both understands the deeper nuances and sees the beauty of sweet simplicity.

It features the same ingredients of virtuoso guitar licks, Latin-flavored rhythms, easygoing pop tunes, and sweet fraternal harmony vocals, with the addition of occasional horns and a squeeze box.

Composer Rob Kapilow has teamed up with tap virtuoso Ayodele Casel to create Tap Dance Concerto, another of his interactive programs to make classical music accessible to audiences of all ages.