Gebrauchsmusik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gebrauchsmusik (literally “utility music”).

Noun

Gebrauchsmusik (uncountable)

  1. (musicology) Music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake.
    • 2009, Elizabeth B. Crist, Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 76:
      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.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Gebrauch +‎ -s- +‎ Musik, 1920s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gebrauchsmusik f (genitive Gebrauchsmusik, plural Gebrauchsmusiken)

  1. Gebrauchsmusik (music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake)
    Coordinate term: Gebrauchsliteratur

Declension

Declension of Gebrauchsmusik [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gebrauchsmusik die Gebrauchsmusiken
genitive einer der Gebrauchsmusik der Gebrauchsmusiken
dative einer der Gebrauchsmusik den Gebrauchsmusiken
accusative eine die Gebrauchsmusik die Gebrauchsmusiken

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