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  • house music
    house music
    noun
    an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
  • House music
    House music
    noun
    a type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically

house music

American  

noun

  1. an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.


House music British  

noun

  1. a type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of house music

1985–90; probably after the Ware house , a dance club in Chicago

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“Instead of being offered hundreds of choices, they might be given just two or three, making it easier and faster for them to choose music that they will enjoy.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2023

They choose music streaming services because they do not want to collect all the CDs at their house.

From The Verge • May 24, 2022

One concern with music listening data is that people may choose music to neutralise their mood rather than reflect it — listening to upbeat music to cure a downbeat mood, for example.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2021

Creative teachers are allowing students to choose music during breaks, scheduling one-on-one check-ins, and designing assignments that give students agency, choice and purpose in their work.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020

Ms. Parker said I could tell her on Monday, but no matter what I choose, music class will be a disaster.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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