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A piece of instrumental music with a reference or extra musical linkage to a place, scene, person, or occurrence:

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Program music is a piece of instrumental music associated with reference to a story, person,scene,idea or occurrence. It is used to elicit extra musical ideas in the listener's minds.This term was first used in the 19th century when it was popular with the composers of the Romantic music.
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