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musical material, or Music By Dmitri Shostakovich composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated Music By Dmitri Shostakovich is Music By Dmitri Shostakovich termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the same music can vary widely. Composers and Downloading Music Legal song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much as those who perform the music of others or Music By Dmitri Shostakovich folk Music By Dmitri Shostakovich music. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a Music By Dmitri Shostakovich given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and Music By Dmitri Shostakovich blues, even more freedom is given to the performer to Music By Dmitri Shostakovich engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude Music By Dmitri Shostakovich is given to the

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