These sets were supposed to be "picture pieces", essentially "musical evocations of external visual stimulae".

Sometimes Sullivan's musical evocations are so close to the source that they seem almost serious.

In fact his musical evocation of California during the gold rush is no more or less authentic than his evocation of early 20th-century Nagasaki.

He produced the stunning "Pictures at an Exhibition," a musical evocation of his promenade through the galleries.

They're original and beautiful, and if there could be a musical evocation of the breathtaking, fresh spring panorama outside, it would be them.

There is usually a subtext of irony in Weill's musical evocations.

The greatest musical evocation of nature, for me, is Haydn's oratorio "The Creation."

Another critic called the album "...perhaps the definitive musical evocation of loneliness".

Before that grief comes the section in which short musical evocations of other friends are linked, quilt-fashion.

The composer's musical evocations of place are as sophisticated as his lyrics, and the music requires handling as delicate as the words do.