art music en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Music composed with advanced structural and theoretical considerations, as opposed to folk music and pop music.
The next form of repetition is fundamental not only to many folk songs but also to art music in its smallest and largest sections.
2002, Aaron Copland, William Schuman, What to Listen for in Music:Popular music, finally, is contemplative art—a surprising claim, perhaps, given its association with dance and its divergence from danceless art music.
2014, Kofi Agawu, Representing African Music, page 149:[…] as the invention of the grand piano opened up new possibilities for composers of European art music in the nineteenth century...
2007, Michael Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae:
Translations (4)
fr grande musique (Translations) · fr musique savante (Translations) · fi taidemusiikki (Translations) · fr musique sérieuse (Translations)