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program music vs. absolute music

noun
  1. music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
noun
  1. instrumental music, as a concerto or string quartet, that draws no inspiration from or makes no reference to a text, program, visual image, or title and that exists solely in terms of its musical form, structure, and elements.

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