programme music
Britishnoun
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They mark the summit of his creative power, and the ripest fruit of that style of programme music that is artistically justified, since Berlioz.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
To many, programme music is a necessarily inferior genre.
From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James
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 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 Moore, Aubertine Woodward
Some consideration of this subject may enable us to understand the much discussed question of programme music.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
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