incidental music
Example Sentences
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The evening opened with “The Consecration of the House,” an overture Beethoven wholly revised in 1822 from incidental music originally composed a decade earlier for August von Kotzebue’s play, “The Ruins of Athens.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
The calliope-heavy incidental music sounds like a carousel.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2021
She has one other appearance, brief but memorably mysterious, in incidental music for the play “Pelléas et Mélisande.”
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
When pop stars weren't available, he went back to his first job - writing incidental music for films and TV shows.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2021
I can find no trace of contemporary incidental music for this play.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
