programme music
Britishnoun
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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 Porte, John F.
Music, too, in some of its manifestations, as in song, the opera, and programme music, has a representative and illustrative character.
From The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life by Noyes, Carleton Eldredge
Kurz appears to have been an admirer of what we would call "programme" music.
From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)
From programme music came the symphonic poem of which Franz Liszt was the creator.
From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward
This brings us to Hector Berlioz, the famous French symphonist, the exponent par excellence of programme music, that is, music intended to illustrate a special story.
From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward
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