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unhackneyed

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As an encore for this unhackneyed recital, Malofeev turned Rachmaninoff’s ultra-hackneyed Prelude in C Minor into something so monumentally thunderous that it nearly overwhelmed all that had come before it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

They are small and tautly composed, with radiant colors and chiseled forms; the word “gems” applies with an unusual, unhackneyed precision.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020

The recital opened with strong, unhackneyed songs by women: Elinor Remick Warren, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, and Amy Beach.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2017

Nevertheless they played creditably, excellently, an exacting if not unhackneyed program, which included Liszt's "Les Preludes," Tschaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and the Tannhauser Overture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Time spent in working on unhackneyed lines will save you many later heartaches.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)