Village Festival'"--a concession in which again one traces a hint of the inexplicable and amusing reluctance of the musical impressionist to acknowledge without reservation the programmatic basis of his work.
Studying as he did with Raff, it is but natural that MacDowell should have been influenced strongly toward the poetic and fantastic and programmatic elements that mark the "Forest Symphony" and the "Lenore Overture" of his master.
There was a programmatic index against which Nanking's accomplishments could be tested, and a definite long-range plan to follow.
On the other hand, programmatic proposals may be distinguished from ideological theses by the fact that programs refer to things which should be done and ideologies to things in which men should believe in order to do anything at all.
But whereas Raff's programmatic expositions deal in the romance of enchantment, of the supernatural, of the fantastic, MacDowell pins his faith to the romance of poetic imagination symbolic of emotional realities.
It contains no programmatic idea, and at first sight would appear to embody a departure from classic form in that it is laid out in two grand divisions.
Rubinstein, Goldmark and Bruch are all to a more or less degree exponents of the programmatic idea.
The "Symphonia Domestica" is further paradoxical in that the score includes no definite programmatic commentary, and Strauss himself has been quoted as saying emphatically, "This time I wish my music to be listened to purely as music.
Cowen is an exponent of both absolute and programmatic music.
The programmatic and philosophical theories of Berlioz and Liszt applied to the dramatic orchestra, and the unreserved adaptation of Wagner's speech-singing and instrumentation form the basis for their creed.
Cowen (1852) stands as one of the representative English exponents of both absolute and programmatic symphonic writing.
By thus analyzing the programmatic foundation of two of Strauss' latest orchestral conceptions one can obtain at least a superficial idea of the somewhat eccentric though intensely original range of his imagination.
He is essentially a programmatic writer, possesses considerable originality and humor, orchestrates with skill and daring, and has been especially successful with his melodramatic music to "Macbeth.
Again, by exploring further their caloric capabilities, he discovered effective means for descriptive music, and his oratorios bear the seed of programmatic writing.
This trait is especially conspicuous in his symphonies; and these entitle him to be regarded as one of the founders of programmatic orchestral music.
In order to appreciate the magnitude of his undertakings, let us first see how he maps out and elaborates upon the programmatic theme chosen for musical setting.
What is more, this is the work for which its author was led to essay the programmatic style of writing.
The "Symphonie fantastique--An Episode in the Life of an Artist" offers the best illustrations for studying his programmatic methods.
A doctoral thesis presented to the University of Toulouse, treating, chiefly, the programmatic parts of the principle of min sheng.
Like "Zarathustra," it would be effective as music without a line of programmatic explanation.
Berlioz was not dramatic enough for opera nor symphonic enough for the concert stage, yet his efforts to write programmatic symphonies resulted in his discovering new effects, new possibilities in tone tints and in orchestral technics.
The "Pastoral" symphony is by no means the first piece of deliberately, confessedly programmatic music.
Musical modernity and the programmatic form had come to seem inseparable.
Although he strove continually for classic form, his works nevertheless reveal their programmatic origin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "programmatic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
