The surface sheen and guardedly bitter sweetness can be traced to molasses.

But although surface sheen can be sufficient in some music, Berlioz's portrait of psychosis needs more than that.

It looks like oil, really, especially with that surface sheen.

Audiences took them not too seriously while thoroughly enjoying their grand passions and mad motivations, having little awareness of the great craft beneath the surface sheen.

Inside, the walls and floor changed to the darkest red with a surface sheen to match polished wood.

But the performance also raised the question of how much choreographic substance lies behind the surface sheen.

But it's just a surface sheen on the eyes.

The lake's surface sheen and its long length and width attract tourists to water skiing sport.

Commentators sometimes brush off this excellence as mere surface sheen, irrelevant to the deeper meaning of music.