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Gebrauchsmusik en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gebrauchsmusik (literally “utility music”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake.
    • Copland's own criticism of Gebrauchsmusik as a “contaminated” musical style can also be read as a rebuke of its ties to musical styles associated with the culture industry. 2009, Elizabeth B. Crist, Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 76: