absolute music
English
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editNoun
edit- Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.[1]
- Antonym: program music
Translations
editmusic which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic and contrapuntal structure
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References
edit- ^ Costello, Robert B. et al. (1971) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, page 5: “absolute music”