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'''Program music''' is [[music]] intended to musically represent, or accompany, an extra-musical theme, contrasting with [[absolute music]]. The term is almost exclusively applied to works in the [[European classical music]] tradition, particularly those from the [[Romantic music]] period of the 19th century, during which the concept was popular, but pieces which fit the description have long been a part of music. [[Opera]] and [[Lied]]er could in principle be considered program music, but the term is usually reserved for purely instrumental works (pieces without singers and lyrics).
==History of program music== [sTv]
Composers of the [[Renaissance music|Renaissance]] wrote a fair amount of program music, especially for the [[harpsichord]], including works such as [[Martin Peerson]]'s ''The Fall of the Leafe'' and [[William Byrd]]'s ''The Battell''. For the latter work, the composer provided this written description of the sections: "Souldiers sommons, marche of footemen, marche of horsmen, trumpetts, Irishe marche, bagpipe and the drone, flute and the droome, marche to the fighte, the battels be joyned, retreat, galliarde for the victorie."
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