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Meaning of "incidental music" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCIDENTAL MUSIC

incidental music play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCIDENTAL MUSIC

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Incidental music is a noun.
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WHAT DOES INCIDENTAL MUSIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack". Incidental music is often "background" music, and adds atmosphere to the action. It may take the form of something as simple as a low, ominous tone suggesting an impending startling event or to enhance the depiction of a story-advancing sequence. It may also include pieces such as overtures, music played during scene changes, or at the end of an act, immediately preceding an interlude, as was customary with several nineteenth-century plays. It may also be required in plays that have musicians performing on-stage. The use of incidental music dates back at least as far as Greek drama. A number of classical composers have written incidental music for various plays, with the more famous examples including Ludwig van...

Definition of incidental music in the English dictionary

The definition of incidental music in the dictionary is background music for a film, television programme, etc.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE INCIDENTAL MUSIC

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Synonyms and antonyms of incidental music in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «incidental music» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCIDENTAL MUSIC

Find out the translation of incidental music to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incidental music from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incidental music» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

配乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

música incidental
570 millions of speakers

English

incidental music
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आकस्मिक संगीत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموسيقى عرضية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

музыка для театра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

música incidental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনুষ্ঠানিক সঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musique de scène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muzik sampingan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bühnenmusik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

付随音楽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부수 음악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musik sing penting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm nhạc ngẫu nhiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைநிலை இசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आनुषंगिक संगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tesadüfi müzik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musiche di scena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przypadkowe muzyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Музика для театру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muzică accidentale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκηνική μουσική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toevallige musiek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skådespelsmusik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scenemusikken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incidental music

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCIDENTAL MUSIC»

The term «incidental music» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCIDENTAL MUSIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incidental music

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCIDENTAL MUSIC»

Discover the use of incidental music in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incidental music and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incidental Music
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Lydia Perović, 2012
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The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams
Blue Bird, The (incidental music), 169 Bridal Day, The (masque), 165, 264, 283 Christmas Night, On (masque), 163, 277 Death of Tintagiles, The (incidental music), 169 Devil's Disciple, The (incidental music), 169 Electra (incidental music ), ...
Alain Frogley, Aidan J. Thomson, 2013
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Paul Creston: A Bio-bibliography
INCIDENTAL MUSIC (all unpublished) WI37. Incidental Music for Bastogne ( I960 ) Music for film. W138. Incidental Music for Battle of Cassino (1961) Music for film. W139. Incidental Music for the Doolittle Raid ( 1960) Music for film. W140.
‎1994
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Friendships in Constant Repair
The Inner Eye The Marlowe Inquest The Rivals Two songs and a Scene from Cymbeline Incidental music. Channel 4 series in six parts Incidental music. BBC2 screenplay Incidental music to Sheridan's play. BBC2 Baritone, piano 1987 After  ...
‎2010
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Henry Irving: A Re-evaluation of the Pre-eminent Victorian ...
Chapter 10 Arthur Sullivan's Incidental Music to Henry Irving 's Production of Macbeth (mS) Kenneth DeLong Although incidental music formed an integral part of Victorian theatrical productions, there is, as yet, only a limited body of ...
Richard Foulkes, 2008
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
Incidental music. Music to be used in connection with a play. It may consist of instrumental music played before an act or between acts (*overture, *entr'acte. "" interlude); it may be vocal or instrumental music accompanying the action of the play ...
Don Michael Randel, 2003
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The Music Sound:
Back | Home | Up | Next Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the " film ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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Conversations with Paul Bowles
42, 149; "Dona Faustina" (story), 196; "The Fox and the Wolf (story), 6; "The Fourth Day Out from Santa Cruz" (story), 57; The Glass Menagerie (incidental music), 3, 29, 36, 38, 42, 51, 113, 150; "Gold Tooth Woman" (song), 35; "He of the  ...
Gena Dagel Caponi, 1993
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The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
Secondly, he offered a sharp criticism of the pervasive style of "incidental" music designed to accompany the standard melodrama: Tender strains usher in the " acknowledged heroine" and grim discords announce the villain; "hurries" are got  ...
Kerry Powell, 2004
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Kohn on Music Licensing
The theatrical productions in which music may be used can be classified into four categories: A. Non-Musical Play with Incidental Music A non-musical play with incidental music is what the term implies. The music is usually contracted for after  ...
Al Kohn, Bob Kohn, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCIDENTAL MUSIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incidental music is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream – orchestral manoeuvres in the park …
In the 19th century, well-appointed theatres could commission incidental music on a grand scale. When King Frederick William IV of Prussia ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Kelli O'Hara Shares a Dance With Her Positively Regal New King …
The original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations are also being used with dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann. The King and I reunites ... «Playbill.com, Jul 15»
3
This Rough Magic: Door Shakespeare's "The Tempest" | Door …
... because of the level of energy of the actors, the imaginative movement patterns, and the engaging live performance of incidental music. «Peninsula Pulse, Jul 15»
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Screams tailor-made to frighten, study reveals - Yahoo News UK
The famous incidental music from the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho - which almost. View Photo. Press Association - The ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
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The Jewish Press » » The Zionism Of Marian Anderson
Sibelius wrote A Jewish Girl's Song for contralto and piano and, when it was performed as part of the incidental music for Procope's play ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
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Game Changer: Game Orchestrator & Composer Penka Kouneva …
My music is tonal and dramatic, I've composed incidental music for theater since I was 12, I adore film, video games; when time came to choose ... «The Mary Sue, Jul 15»
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Jane Krakowski, Rene Auberjonois & Gavin Creel Set for She Loves …
... lights by Don Holder, sound by Jon Weston, orchestrations by Larry Hochman and dance arrangements and incidental music by David Krane ... «Broadway.com, Jul 15»
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Great Performances Presents Angela Lansbury and James Earl …
Driving Miss Daisy was directed for the screen by Peter Ots, with set design by John Lee Beaty and incidental music by Mark Bennett. «HottyToddy.com, Jul 15»
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David Rakoff's single work of fiction to get one-night-only staged …
... effects; images from the book projected on screens; and incidental music written and performed by Rakoff's brother-in-law Tom Bellman. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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BWW Reviews: DON GIOVANNI Seduces St. Louis!
Later he was to include specific passages from this opera as incidental music in the "Don Juan" portion of his play Man and Superman. And as ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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