1.   In the book, Pleasants issued a stark challenge to the world of contemporary composition.

2.   Passionately committed to contemporary composition, she has been at the heart of some of the most compelling new violin works in recent years.

3.   Recorded with the producer Michael Brook in the Real World Studios near Bath, England, the album of contemporary compositions is to be released in April.

4.   The classical contemporary composition category boasts five very strong candidates for honors.

5.   The Grammy list suggests a robust answer, which is that the best classical contemporary composition is the one that sounds most like the classical music we know.

6.   Yet motoric, repetitive rhythm is a defining characteristic of rock and the contemporary compositions influenced by it.

7.   She goes from Verdi to Stravinsky and even contemporary compositions.