Meaning

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  1. (uncountable)Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.

    absolute Musik

More definitions
  • instrumental music, as a concerto or string quartet, that draws no inspiration from or makes no reference to a text, program, visual image, or title and that exists solely in terms of its musical form, structure, and elements.

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By meaning 1
music which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic and contrapuntal structure:
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