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Program music

LC control no.sh 85107301
LC classificationML3300 ML3354 History
ML3855 Aesthetics
Topical headingProgram music
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Variant(s)Programmatic music
See alsoMusic--History and criticism
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Narrative in music
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Scope noteHere are entered works about music that uses a suggestive title, a text, program, or other such extra-musical device to convey its meaning.
Found inWeb. 3 (Music that is inspired by, or that suggests or characterizes something other than a musical idea or thing: descriptive music. (Reference to Absolute music). 2. instrumental music that follows the moods of a program)
New Harvard dict. of music (Music that attempts to express or depict one or more non-musical ideas, images, or events.)