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absolute music

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

absolute music term used for music dependent on its structure alone for comprehension. It is the antithesis of program music . It is not associated with extramusical ideas or with a pictorial or narrative scheme of emotions, nor does it attempt to reproduce sounds in nature. Hence it is always instrumental, although not all instrumental music is absolute. Bach's Art of Fugue is an example of absolute music.

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abstract music

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

abstract music. Same as absolute music. As used by Ger. writers (Abstrakte Musik), the term has a different meaning—mus. lacking in sensitivity, ‘dry’ or ‘academic’.

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absolute music

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

absolute music. Instr. mus. which exists simply as such, i.e. not ‘programme music’, or in any way illustrative.

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