programme music

noun

1. music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea Compare absolute music

Example Sentences

But then this question of the fallibility of programme music is an eternal one.

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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."

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It is real modern programme music, and scored for a very large orchestra, including a solo part for the cornet-�-pistons and a military drum.

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But Liszt would habitually programme music by other composers in his concerts.

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Music, too, in some of its manifestations, as in song, the opera, and programme music, has a representative and illustrative character.

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