art music
English
Noun
- Music composed with advanced structural and theoretical considerations, as opposed to folk music and pop music.
- 2002, Aaron Copland, William Schuman, What to Listen for in Music
- The next form of repetition is fundamental not only to many folk songs but also to art music in its smallest and largest sections.
- 2007, Michael Veal, Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae
- […] as the invention of the grand piano opened up new possibilities for composers of European art music in the nineteenth century...
- 2014, Kofi Agawu, Representing African Music, page 149:
- Popular music, finally, is contemplative art—a surprising claim, perhaps, given its association with dance and its divergence from danceless art music.
- 2002, Aaron Copland, William Schuman, What to Listen for in Music
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