KnowraProgram musicLinked fromLinked fromThe 25 pages that link to Program music, each with the reason it gives.All 25Related 11Narrower topic 8Compared with 6Absolute musicCompared with: It makes explicit the narrative or subject that absolute music leaves unstated.Word paintingCompared with: Program music depicts subjects without setting words, unlike vocal word painting.Eduard HanslickCompared with: Hanslick opposed treating an external program as the source of music’s beauty.Music and emotionCompared with: Its stated subject can direct emotional interpretation more explicitly than abstract instrumental music.Carl DahlhausCompared with: Its nineteenth-century disputes sharpened the question of whether music could be autonomous.Furniture musicCompared with: Unlike program music, furniture music is not meant to direct attention toward a represented scene.