programme music
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But then this question of the fallibility of programme music is an eternal one.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
His overtures are unquestionably romantic, and as their histrionic and scenic titles indicate, partake of the nature of programme music.
From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Aubertine Woodward Moore
Up to the time of Beethoven, music for the pianoforte consisted mainly of programme music of the purely descriptive order, that is to say, it was generally imitative of natural or artificial externals.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
Crude attempts in this direction were made centuries ago, but programme music as an important branch of music is a modern phenomenon.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord
The Eagle is remarkable for its programme music aspect in the light of MacDowell's later works, for in these it is perfected suggestion and not realism that we find.
From Edward MacDowell by John F. Porte
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