absolute music
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.[1]
- Antonym: program music
Translations[edit]
music which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic and contrapuntal structure
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References[edit]
- ^ Costello, Robert B. et al. (1971) The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, page 5: “absolute music”