descriptive music

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Though not overtly descriptive music, its four movements, playing for a little under 20 minutes, imaginatively evoke the feeling of four distinct times in the passage of a day.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2012

He gave her the name in Yiddish—Flatterkatchki—a descriptive music in syllables, full of the flutter and quack of the farm-yard.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel

Fundamentally different the one from the other, each of these compositions comes under the category of descriptive music, and is intended to illustrate a special subject.

From Masters of French Music by Hervey, Arthur

The notes are reprinted in Nottebohm's "Zweite Beethoveniana," but I borrow Sir George Grove's translation: Beethoven's notes on descriptive music.

From How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

The orchestral descriptive music of this play within a play is beautiful and interesting.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel