Absolute music (AB-soe-loot MYOO-zik)
Music that has no literary, dramatic, or pictorial program ; also, pure music ; music expressively self-sufficient and intelligible without the aid of a text or a program .
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Absolute music: Mendelssohn : Piano Trio No. 2 in d minor, Op. 66, Mvt. IW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 29
Absolute music, Classical: Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E-flat major, K. 364, I (conclusion, orchestra exposition)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 4
Beethoven : Serenade in D major, Op. 8W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 28
Mozart : Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 32
Absolute music, Romantic: Beethoven : String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Razumovsky)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 23
Brahms : Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 7
Schubert : String Quintet in C major, Op. 163W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 32
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