Program music

Here are entered works about music that uses a suggestive title, a text, program, or other such extra-musical device to convey its meaning.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107301
- info:lc/authorities/sh85107301
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85107301#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Programmatic music
Broader Terms
- Music--History and criticism
Related Terms
- Narrative in music
Sources
- found: Web. 3 (Music that is inspired by, or that suggests or characterizes something other than a musical idea or thing: descriptive music. (Reference to Absolute music). 2. instrumental music that follows the moods of a program)
- found: New Harvard dict. of music (Music that attempts to express or depict one or more non-musical ideas, images, or events.)
LC Classification
- ML3300-ML3354
- ML3855
General Notes
- Here are entered works about music that uses a suggestive title, a text, program, or other such extra-musical device to convey its meaning.
Change Notes
- 2002-09-10: new
- 2012-10-10: revised

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