• Gebrauchsmusik (German pronunciation: [ɡəˈbʁaʊ̯xsmuˌziːk]) is a German term, meaning "utility music", for music that exists not only for its own sake,...
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    to a more accessible musical style which mirrored the German idea of Gebrauchsmusik ("music for use"), music that could serve utilitarian and artistic purposes...
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    held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose, Gebrauchsmusik. He also wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works...
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    This composition was initially regarded by the composer as a piece of Gebrauchsmusik ('music for use')—"like salt and pepper ... just something for the table"...
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    interludes; others were elaborated in vocal scenes. Hindemith wrote Gebrauchsmusik (Music for Use)—compositions intended to have a social or political...
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    Romantic, Impressionistic, Expressionistic, Neoclassical, Neoromantic, Gebrauchsmusik, 20th century, Contemporary, and Opera), South Indian Classical, Indonesian...
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  • the same, and quite comfortable, boat. Abstract art § Music Art music Gebrauchsmusik Impressionist music Musique concrète ("Concrete music") M. C. Horowitz...
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  • route, from the cabaret-like socialist operas of Kurt Weill to the Gebrauchsmusik of Paul Hindemith. In Munich there was also Carl Orff, who was influenced...
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    wind quintet Kleine Kammermusik Op. 24 No. 2 (1922) was designed as Gebrauchsmusik; one may compare his operas Sancta Susanna (part of an expressionist...
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  • Other compositions Tuttifäntchen Related articles Adolescence (ballet) Gebrauchsmusik Ghosts Before Breakfast Hindemith Prize Hindemith Prize of the City...
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