third stream


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.

Origin of third stream

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby third stream

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British Dictionary definitions for thirdstream

thirdstream

/ (ˈθɜːdˌstriːm) /


adjective
  1. (of music) combining jazz and classical elements

noun
  1. such music

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