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light music

British  

noun

  1. music for popular entertainment

"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

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Vivid Sydney started in 2009 and bills itself as the "Southern Hemisphere's largest festival of light, music, ideas and food" and features a free 6.5km walk with 43 light installations.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

It was Silverstein who chose the moon program’s name of Apollo, for the Greek god of light, music and the sun.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2020

Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence we Americans just celebrated with spectacular displays of exploding color and light, music, shared food and fellowship, called this truth self-evident, that all men are created equal.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2019

“It makes no difference between light music and serious music — just a kind of music which is simply honest.”

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017

She spoke with her hands, entertaining her two youngest children with fluid movements of such consummate grace that it seemed as though light music should be filtering from somewhere in the dizzying late afternoon heat.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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