program music
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of program music
First recorded in 1880–85
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A handful of skaters who train with Arutyunyan’s team whizzed by as coaches scrutinized their arm placements, knelt to watch skate movement and replayed the opening notes of one skater’s program music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Operated through the hospital’s Child Life program, music therapy helps children and their families cope with stresses related to a child’s illness and the adjustment of a hospital stay.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2016
You might think that writing program music automatically provides a composer with a structure for a long piece.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2011
Reiterating what she had explained in a recent interview, Ms. Wolfe said that she had never been much interested in program music.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2011
This implies not that program music is without a definite structure, only that the form is different—modified by the needs of the subject.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
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