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musique concrète definition

mu·sique con·crète (mü zēk kōn kret′)

a musiclike art form composed directly on magnetic tape by the electronic manipulation, distortion, or transformation of natural sounds and noises, as of musical instruments or rain

Etymology: Fr, concrete (as opposed to abstract) music

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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