adjectiveɛkstrəˈmjuːzɪk(ə)l
Extrinsic to a piece of music or outside the field of music.
his advice was to listen for the music—not for extramusical meanings
Example sentencesExamples
- In Adès's music the seductive brilliance of his instrumental writing is often allied with extramusical subject matter which also has surrealist resonances.
- As Richards states it, the book's intention is to ‘concentrate on the expressive and extramusical qualities of Ireland's music’.
- Given that limitation, it's still good pop music, but we tend to judge the music by extramusical standards.
- These, however, have more to do with the composer's extramusical commentary than with anything specific to the notes; one could argue that all music is spiritual.
- Later in the work, other extramusical sounds - mostly human in origin - are introduced.