program music
Example Sentences
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Mr. Yu seemed to approach it as program music, finding a long arc in the work’s adagio bookends.
From New York Times
The interludes based on symphonic works Toscanini did conduct are mortifying to the extent they are hijacked to serve as program music.
From New York Times
A club in Prague named Karlovy Lazne has recently introduced a robot DJ that alternates with a human to program music for the dance floor throughout the night, as reported by Reuters.
From The Verge
Her short program music this season couldn't have been more appropriate: "Demons" by Imagine Dragons.
From US News
The “nationalists” Europeanized their music just as much, but they were inspired by very different models—Wagner, Liszt, Berlioz—that is to say, by the spirit of romanticism and program music.
From Project Gutenberg
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