programme music

noun

1. music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea Compare absolute music

Example Sentences

But then this question of the fallibility of programme music is an eternal one.

From Project Gutenberg

They also offer an opportunity of discussing a question over which there has been much controversy—viz., the position occupied by so-called "programme music" in contradistinction to "absolute music."

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They are highly descriptive, but one may well question whether the string quartet is the proper vehicle for such programme music.

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But Liszt would habitually programme music by other composers in his concerts.

From The Guardian

Music, too, in some of its manifestations, as in song, the opera, and programme music, has a representative and illustrative character.

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