[Listening extract audio not available in printed QP. Skeleton score in Insert.] A Romantic orchestral work follows a literary storyline rather than abstrac...
Question 1 Report
[Listening extract audio not available in printed QP. Skeleton score in Insert.]
A Romantic orchestral work follows a literary storyline rather than abstract musical structure.
Give the term for music guided by an extra-musical narrative. [1]
Answer Details
Music guided by an extra-musical narrative is called programme music. [1] Programme music is instrumental music that tells a story, depicts a scene, or follows a literary or pictorial idea provided by the composer (the 'programme'). This contrasts with absolute music, which is composed purely for its musical qualities without any external narrative. Romantic composers embraced programme music enthusiastically; notable examples include Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique (which follows the story of an artist's obsessive love) and the symphonic poems of Liszt and Richard Strauss, which depict literary subjects, landscapes, or philosophical ideas through orchestral music.
Download The App On Google Playstore
Everything you need to excel in your exams
