Music that is intended to evoke images or convey the impression of events.
（引发意象或表达事件印象的）标题音乐。比较ABSOLUTE MUSIC
Compare with absolute music
Example sentencesExamples
Antarctica is a very attractive work in its final form but betrays its origins as programme music in that some transitions lack apparent musical logic.
The sonnets give the four seasons line-by-line instructions as to what this program music is all about.
Based on Robert Browning's poem, a work noted for its compelling rhythms, it is set to program music by John Corigliano, which offers no viable dance rhythm at all.
Raff's affinity for program music - and particularly for subjects derived from nature, folklore, and the supernatural - is abundantly evident in these four symphonies.
Unlike program music, there is no story or plot readily symbolized by the music.
Although Brahms is not associated with program music, his early Ballade in D minor gets its inspiration from the Scottish ballad ‘Edward’ that dives into the underside of the human condition.
We may tentatively agree with him that technically the Passion is a form of programme music for liturgical use, its designative meaning referring specifically to religious events and doctrines.
This has led some people to think that it must have a programme since apparently programme music need not be logical.
It is an extraordinary and greatly influential work and an early example of the extravagant new romantic style of programme music taken up by Liszt and others.