Incidental music
(IN-sih-den-tul MYOO-zik)
Music that is intended to accompany a dramatic performance, such as a play, television show, or comic opera.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
- Incidental music, Romantic:
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nocturne - W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 10
- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, No. 1, "AseÕs Death"
- W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 67
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