programme music

noun

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

Example Sentences

In spite of appearances, Mahler refuses to connect these choral symphonies with programme-music.

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It need scarcely be said that this "programme-music" is innocent either of originality or of instrumental colouring.

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Kuhnau's attempts at sonata writing were bold, often rugged; and his experiments in programme-music, extraordinary.

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In a long preface to these Bible stories, the composer refers to the subject of programme-music.

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They were bold attempts at programme-music; and, as we have already said, the form is entirely determined by the subject-matter.

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