51.   Traditional musical forms still draw audiences, but in these Asian societies, and especially in Japan, Western classical music is what inspires the broadest admiration.

52.   Upon his release, Phan studied architecture but was drawn to the Western symphonic music he had heard on the radio.

53.   Western classical music is based on a rather small number of good ideas, one of the best being notation.

54.   Western music sales will likely fall because million-seller singer Mariah Carey plans no new album this year, he said.

55.   Western music was forbidden, but one evening a young officer played a recording of a French chanson for the workers.

56.   Western music would survive without him, he reasoned, but the ancient melodies that floated from the alleys during his youth in Lijiang would not.

57.   Praised for bridging the gap between Eastern and Western music, he composed works that have been performed by top orchestras, choirs and chamber ensembles worldwide.

58.   Popular culture in eastern Germany was internationalized quickly, with Hollywood movies grabbing the box office and Western pop music topping the charts.

59.   Amid the unprecedented outbursts, young people have defied Islamic bans to dance to Western music and pull off head coverings.

60.   Authorities are showing tolerance toward Western music and broadcasts.