Program Music

1. It has a composition in numerous movements. It’s name implies, it is a symphony with a program.

 

• Program Symphony

• Concert Overture

• Symphonic Poem

• Incidental Music

2. It intends to accompany the action or mood of a dramatic stage performance.

 

• Program Symphony

• Concert Overture

• Symphonic Poem

• Incidental Music

3. It was invented by Franz Liszt in the late 1840’s and 1850’s and became the most significant type of program music after 1860.

 

• Program Symphony

• Concert Overture

• Symphonic Poem

• incidental Music

4. It only consists of one movement and usually in sonata form.

 

• Program Symphony

• Concert Overture

• Symphonic Poem

• Incidental Music

5. It tells a story that conveys images, poems, ideas, or scenes without word.

 

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