programme music
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Before taking up the works themselves, let us consider the form of which it is the soul, the principle of programme music.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
And further Debussy never uses the wholly material note so characteristic of programme music, but trusts mainly in the creation of a more abstract impression.
From Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Sadleir, Michael
His music is not avowed programme music; neither is it, as is much of Schubert's, pure delight in beautiful melodies and sounds.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
They are highly descriptive, but one may well question whether the string quartet is the proper vehicle for such programme music.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
There has never been, in this country at least, so thorough an attempt to collate the facts of programme music....
From Education and the Higher Life by Spalding, J. L.
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