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.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Absolute music:
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in d minor, Op. 66, Mvt. I - W. 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. 8
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 28
- Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
- W. 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. 77
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 7
- Schubert: String Quintet in C major, Op. 163
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 32
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