art music

noun

1. music in the classical tradition, as opposed to popular or folk music.

art music

noun

1. music written by a composer rather than passed on by oral tradition Compare folk music

Word History and Origins

Origin of art music¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

While the new work goes further into esoteric art music than anything the 33-year-old Rosalía has tried before, it remains approachable and human, resonating emotionally on a song-by-song basis even when the big picture is difficult to piece together.

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“The multidisciplinary and wide-ranging practice she began more than 70 years ago remains strikingly contemporary, as the boundaries between art, music and performance are, in her hands, challenged and reshaped, creating fresh emotional connection.”

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A lover of art, music and religion, this must have been a big occasion for King Charles.

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Burning Man, the eclectic desert festival known for its art, music and spirit of “self-expression and self-reliance,” wrapped up one of the strangest annual celebrations in memory with a major dust storm, an unexpected birth in the desert, and an as-yet unsolved murder reported in the middle of the festivities.

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Baldwin leaves Harlem behind shortly thereafter and falls into the artistic ferment of Greenwich Village in the ‘40s. He shares ideas about art, music and literature with a fellow budding aesthete named Eugene Worth until he jumps to his death from the George Washington Bridge in the winter of 1946. His death “cast a pall over Baldwin’s life,” Boggs writes, “but it would also play a major and enduring role in his development as a writer.”

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Related Words

• chamber music