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incidental music

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noun

music intended primarily to point up or accompany parts of the action of a play or to serve as transitional material between scenes.

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Nearby words

  1. inchworm,
  2. incidence,
  3. incident,
  4. incident point,
  5. incidental,
  6. incidental parasite,
  7. incidentally,
  8. incidentaloma,
  9. incienso,
  10. incinerate

Origin of incidental music

First recorded in 1860–65
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British Dictionary definitions for incidental music

incidental music

noun

background music for a film, television programme, etc
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