It is a sensibility that matches the show's opening strains, which bring to mind the homespun graces of Aaron Copland.

When the opening strains of music began, their heads came up and their bodies grew poised, their stance graceful in the very high-heeled shoes they wore.

The opening strains of the title track from Ms. Mitchell's celebrated 1971 album "Blue" punctuate certain transitions.

From its opening iconoclastic strains, the book thus ends on a chord of optimism and collective self-congratulation.

At that moment, the opening strains of a waltz percolated through the room.

As the doctor begins to drink, the opening strains of the theme from Jean de Florette play in the background.

From the dark interior of the house came the beautiful opening strains of the Seventh Symphony, the second movement - the Allegretto.

The band stops on the hill and begins to play the opening strains of the "Pregame Salute."

When the opening strains of 'The Wild Rover' started up I began eyeing the door of the speeding bus, longingly.

After she offered a brief tribute to the spirit of New York City, the orchestra struck up the opening strains of "Get Happy!"