third stream

American  

noun

1. a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.

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Etymology

Origin of third stream

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

A third stream comes when the resulting pig iron is turned into steel by cooking it a bit further—baking off most of the remaining carbon—and alloying it with additives such as chromium or titanium.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

But there was a third stream, not quite cozy, not quite noir, dominated by women, almost entirely rooted around suspense of the psychological variety.

From New York Times • May 15, 2020

A third stream of data, from genetics, seems to point the same way.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2016

John Lewis went on to compose scores for films, ballets, symphony orchestras, stage plays and TV, and he significantly advanced the cause of the third stream music of the late 50s and early 60s.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010

Now the third stream is hope, “that ye may abound in hope,” because this is not the time nor place of possession.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh