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Absolute Music: Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program. Also pure music.

Music Drama: Wagner's term for his operas.

Music Of The Spheres: In medieval and Renaissance Europe, many scholars believed in a beautiful song created by the movement of the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, and planets). The music of spheres supposedly was in . . . View Full Definition

Music Television: Generally refers to a system, such as a cable or satellite service (e.g., MTV, CMT), through which musical broadcast material is delivered.

Music Video: A visual representation of or accompaniment to a song or other musical selection that usually exists independently as a recording.

Minimalist Music: Contemporary musical style featuring the repetition of short melodic, rhythmic and harmonic patterns with little variation. See also spiritual minimalism.

Jabissary Music: Music of the military corps of the Turkish sultan, characterized by percussion instruments such as triangle, cymbals, bell tree and bass drum as well as trumpets and double-reed instruments.

Film Music: Music that serves either as background or foreground for a film.

Four-Hand Piano Music: Chamber music genre for two performers playing at one or occasionally two pianos, allowing home or salon performances of orchestral arrangements.

Gospel Music: Twentieth century sacred music style associated with Protestant African-Americans.