Usually means: Music that tells a narrative.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. program music: Merriam-Webster
  2. program music: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. program music: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. program music: Vocabulary.com
  5. program music: Wiktionary
  6. program music: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. program music: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. program music: Dictionary.com
  9. Program Music, Program music: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. program music: Rhymezone
  11. program music: FreeDictionary.org
  12. program music: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. program music: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. program music: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (program music)

▸ noun:  (music) A form of art music, generally without vocal parts, that attempts to convey a scene, image, or mood.

Similar:
piped music, part, pop music, popular music, symphonic poem, pathopoeia, popcraft, tone poem, popera, period piece, more...

Opposite:
absolute music, non-program music, pure music

Types:
tone poem, symphonic poem, program symphony, absolute music, more...

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Similar:
piped music, part, pop music, popular music, symphonic poem, pathopoeia, popcraft, tone poem, popera, period piece, more...

Opposite:
absolute music, non-program music, pure music

Types:
tone poem, symphonic poem, program symphony, absolute music, more...



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