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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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Origin of incidental music

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby incidental music

inchworm, incidence, incident, incidental, incidentally, incidental music, incidentaloma, incidental parasite, incident point, incienso, incinerate
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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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