And the way these works fit together and play against one another can make you wonder how some of them will stand on their own.

Many works may simply play by other rules.

Complete works of classical music are not played, but rather selected movements, which can be enjoyed individually.

Two file cabinets in his office are filled with cards listing the works played at every concert since the festival's opening.

In other words, the works play it both ways, confirming the age of mechanical reproduction while squeezing past its restrictions.

He believes these works play an important role in conveying the spirit of nationalism to younger generations.

Whether Mr. Wiener means them to or not, some works play it straight.

These works played a central role in the invention of the American West.

His later works, which as a whole had a unified, conceptual structure, actually played with colour.

It has a way of making more conventional works played beside it sound trivial.