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Program music

Program music or programmatic music is a type of instrumental music that attempts to musically render an extramusical narrative or description of some aspect of the world. The term was invented in the 19th century by Franz Liszt, who himself composed a great deal of program music. However, as Liszt himself noted, program music had been written for…

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RenaissanceHarpsichordMartin PeersonWilliam ByrdJ. S. Bach
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Related types: ballet, incidental music, opera, and film

TchaikovskySwan LakeIncidental musicMendelssohnShakespeare
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Overview

Franz LisztLudwig van BeethovenSixth SymphonyTimpaniPiccolo
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Programmatic music and abstract imagery

DvořákSymphony No. 9, From the New WorldSymphony No. 3, Eroica
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Representational music vis-à-vis program music

Related types: ballet, incidental music, opera, and film

Programmatic music and abstract imagery

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Program music

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related to 18th century · 29
Program music → An, At, Bach, Baroque, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, BWV, Capriccio, Carl Ditters, Classical, Classical-era, Dittersdorf, German, God, Grand Symphony, Grande, Haydn, His Symphony No, In, It, Joseph Haydn's
related to External links · 25
Program music → Alban Berg, AllMusicAlban Berg, American, Apollo's FireJames Reel, Art, Beethoven, Dawn Upshaw, Donald Francis, Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Essentials, Japanese, Kitsune EnsembleTovey, Kronos Quartet, Lyric Suite, MusicCleveland Baroque Orchestra, Program, Programme Music, Robert LevineProgrammatic, Schubert
related to Related types: ballet, incidental music, opera, and film · 24
Program music → Act II, Alexander Nevsky, Beethoven's Leonore Overture No, Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Film, Florestan, Influenced, Leonora, Lieutenant Kijé, Mendelssohn's, Midsummer Night's Dream, Mozart's, Music, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ottorino Respighi, Prokofiev's, Richard Strauss, Romantic
related to 20th century · 19
Program music → Alexander Mosolov's Iron Foundry, An, Arthur Honegger's, Caipira, During, George Antheil's Ballet, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Indeed, Italy, Pacific, Percy Grainger's, Romantic, Sergei Prokofiev's Le Pas, Soviet Union, The Little Train, The Steel Step, This, Train Music, Well-known
related to 19th century · 10
Program music → Archduke Rudolf, Beethoven, Les Adieux, Ludwig, Pastoral, Piano Sonata Op, Program, Romantic, Symphony No, Yet
related to 16th and 17th centuries · 8
Program music → Composers, For, Irishe, Leafe, Martin Peerson's The Fall, Renaissance, Souldiers, William Byrd's The Battell
related to Programmatic music and abstract imagery · 6
Program music → Beethoven's Symphony No, Dvořák's Symphony No, Eroica, Examples, From, New World
see also · 4
Program music → ArgosWord, Character, MousingRepresentation, Sakadas
related to Representational music vis-à-vis program music · 3
Program music → Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Sonata, It, This

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Martin Peerson's The Fall of the Leafeinstance ofincluding works0.80text
William Byrd's The Battellinstance ofincluding works0.80text
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesComposers0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesRenaissance0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesMartin Peerson's The Fall0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesLeafe0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesWilliam Byrd's The Battell0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesFor0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesSouldiers0.60section
Program musicrelated to 16th and 17th centuriesIrishe0.60section
Program musicrelated to 18th centuryIn0.60section
Program musicrelated to 18th centuryBaroque0.60section

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