programme music
Britishnoun
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They also offer an opportunity of discussing a question over which there has been much controversy—viz., the position occupied by so-called "programme music" in contradistinction to "absolute music."
From Masters of French Music by Arthur Hervey
His symphonies belong to what has been called, for want of a better name, "programme music," or music which needs the key of the story or legend to explain and justify the composition.
From Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
Not the least curious section of this piece of early programme music is a moderato recording the various articles of the capitulation.
From Charles Dickens and Music by James T. Lightwood
The programme music of Berlioz was simply larger and more flamboyant than the little exercises of Bach in the same direction.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
Yet it took only a few years to achieve a development that produced such a great work as the "Symphonic Fantastique," the prototype of modern programme music.
From Great Italian and French Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
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