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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Music composed in a classical tradition and intended as serious art, especially as distinguished from popular or folk music.
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- noun
Music composed with advancedstructural andtheoretical considerations, as opposed tofolk music andpop music .
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