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Gebrauchsmusik
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English
Etymology
en de Gebrauchsmusik utility music.
Noun
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en musicology Music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake.
en Elizabeth B. Crist Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War 2009 Oxford University Press 76 https://books.google.com/books?id=hGJBXu0O9oIC&pg=PA76&dq=gebrauchsmusik&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQv7iIo9CLAxXMJbkGHZ70MTQQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=gebrauchsmusik&f=false 978-0-19-972429-1 Copland's own criticism of Gebrauchsmusik as a “contaminated” musical style can also be read as a rebuke of its ties to musical styles associated with the culture industry.
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German
de:
Etymology
From de Gebrauch -s- Musik, 1920s.
Pronunciation
de De-Gebrauchsmusik.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
en Gebrauchsmusik music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake
de Gebrauchsliteratur
Declension
f
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