incidental music
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The incidental music, though, offers needed theatrical context.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
There have been many settings of “Hamlet,” from full operas, to overtures, to incidental music.
From New York Times • May 16, 2022
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
John Liptrot Hatton, born 1809 at Margate, wrote an overture and incidental music for Henry VIII., dedicated to Mrs Charles Kean, and performed at the Princess's.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
