programme music
Britishnoun
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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 Lord, John
But then this question of the fallibility of programme music is an eternal one.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
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)
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 Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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)
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