musique concrète
noun
mu·sique con·crète myu̇-ˈzēk-kōⁿ-ˈkret 
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: a recorded montage of natural sounds often electronically modified and presented as a musical composition
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The soundtrack, in which dialogue is subsumed by sound effects, is a masterful piece of musique concrete; Tati rerecorded and embellished it in 1961. 
Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018
Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018 Word History
Etymology
French, literally, concrete music
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
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- in-print
- in-process
- in-service
- in-store
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- in/from the depths of someone's heart/soul/being
- in/into care
- in/into gear
- in/into high gear
- in/into the swim (of things)
- in/into the swing of
- in/of the order of
- in/under someone's control
- in/within living memory
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- INA
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