Women, Music, Culture 3/e Chapter 7

Extra-musical work

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Extra-musical work

musical work that contains non-musical references such as a story or program

artifact that provides firsthand accounts of historical events or subjects; letters, diaries and original music manuscripts are examples

Secondary source

document that has been interpreted by someone other than the direct source; in music, a newspaper review of a concert or a textbook are examples

a regular gathering of distinguished guests; in music, often references a formal performance at a patron's residence, palace or castle

German for song; in formal music study, usually refers to German art song

instrumental work that tells a story or suggests a non-musical idea; may actually be associated with a written program, but sometimes only includes a suggestive title

Character piece

quasi-programmatic piece for piano that emerged in the nineteenth century that suggested a mood or feeling via title or overall aesthetic; tended to be fairly simple in structure

music that does not seek to suggest a story or scene, but is concerned with formal construction; distinguished from program music

frequently found in the first movement of a sonata or symphony; usually consists of an exposition with contrasting segments, followed by a development of the opening material, and a recapitulation which returns to the original key or tonality

a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text