English

Noun

absolute music ‎(uncountable)

1. Instrumental music having an intellectual and affective content, which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic, and contrapuntal structure.^[1]

Antonyms

• program music

Translations

References

1. ↑
   1971, Costello, Robert B. et al., The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, pages 5: