programmatic
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- adjective
- /ˌproʊɡrəˈmætɪk/
- Specialized
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programático
- If Gade envisioned Efterklange af Ossian as a nationalistic work, why did he choose a programmatic topic with no nationalistic associations?
Examples
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Unity is recognized as whatever holds the work together: melodic emphasis, programmatic interests, orchestration, key, and form.
Academic text (1993) -
In Movements II and III, describe the programmatic elements that Debussy uses to represent the sea.
Academic text (2007) -
Programmatic pieces offer good points of entry for this activity.
Academic text (2005) -
That's the nature of programmatic tone poems of that sort.
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The image is programmatic in that it serves as a manifesto of the younger generation's aesthetic concerns.
Academic text (2007) -
The selection of four novels that resist easy classification as modernist or postmodernist is programmatic.
Academic text (2016) -
Complexity relates to the masterful use of elements in the form, or the transformation of programmatic ideas into melodic and musical ideas; the craftsmanship of the composer is the focus.
Academic text (1993) -
Without entering into a lengthy ethnomusicological debate about what makes music Jewish, we can surely agree that it is only by virtue of its thematic content (either musical or programmatic) that instrumental music can lay claim to being Jewish at all.
Academic text (1990) -
The symphony was deeply programmatic, telling the story of a hero's journey through its musical themes.
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In her painting, the programmatic elements vividly depicted the changing seasons, bringing the landscape to life.
Synonyms
Ideas or meanings connected to a piece of music but not its sound
Antonyms
How Programmatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Programmatic comes from program, which originally meant a written plan or story and is built from pro- 'before' and gramma 'written'. So a programmatic work in music or art follows a set story or scene and tries to make you imagine it.