program music (PROE-gram MYOO-zik) [Eng.]
Compositions with extra-musical content that directs the attention of the listener to a literary or pictoral association. Program music was especially popular in the 19th century.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night's Dream, NocturneW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 10 Grieg : Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, No. 1, "Ase's Death" W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 67 Musorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition, "Bydlo"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 12 Saint-Saëns : Le carnaval des animaux, "Fossiles" W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 15
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