programme music
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To find this art of programme music, as we may call it, brought to a full flower, we must seek in the mystic utterances of Robert Schumann.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
If the sonata is played simply as programme music, however, it benefits by the inclusion of this movement.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
It is this: Chopin did not care for programme music, though more than one of his compositions, full of expression and character, may be included under that name.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
His music is not avowed programme music; neither is it, as is much of Schubert's, pure delight in beautiful melodies and sounds.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
In reality, "programme music," in some form or other, has existed for many generations.
From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur
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