art music
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Music composed with advanced structural and theoretical considerations, as opposed to folk music and pop music.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The next form of repetition is fundamental not only to many folk songs but also to art music in its smallest and largest sections."
- "[…] as the invention of the grand piano opened up new possibilities for composers of European art music in the nineteenth century..."
- "Popular music, finally, is contemplative art—a surprising claim, perhaps, given its association with dance and its divergence from danceless art music."