? Some form of instrumental music.

A musical announcement of dawn, a sunrise song or open-air concert.

In ancient Greece: a song or hymn sung in honour of the gods. Also: the genre to which such a song belongs.

Music. A piece of music played as a complement to or background for a performance or activity. Also in extended use.

colloquial. An artistic, literary, or other creative work produced solely to make the originator a living by catering to popular taste, without…

In Indian classical music: each of a number of melodic types used as tonal frameworks for composition and improvisation, based on a particular…

Music. A piece of instrumental music created as a lament or having a melancholic or mournful style.

An example of this; a poem, piece of music, etc., composed or performed spontaneously or without preparation.

A play, literary work, musical composition, etc., written for a particular occasion.

A well-known tune elaborated by variations, etc.

An imitation of the sound of a stringed instrument or instruments, esp. when monotonously played; strumming; a monotonous air. Also attributive.

A piece with a bass part consisting of broken octaves. Also (more fully murky bass): broken octaves as used in accompaniment; occasionally in plural.

(a) a piece of anything used for testing; = test specimen n.; (b) a piece performed by each of the competitors in a musical contest to determine…

Music. A short piece of music in which a single idea is worked out in a simple manner.

A musical composition in which there is a single melodic line; = monody, n. 4. Also in the titles of such works.

A piece of instrumental music, developed from the orchestral suite, and usually composed of a march, and a minuet interposed between two movements…

Music. A style of music in which there is a single melodic line; spec. a 17th-cent. style of writing for a solo voice or instrument accompanied…

An alternately melancholy and gay piece of music, found chiefly in the work of Slavonic composers.

a piece of incidental music; also in extended use.

A cappella singing, now esp. (chiefly U.S.) regarded as a genre of popular music. Also: a musical piece sung a cappella.

Music. The action of completing or enriching the harmonic texture of a piece of music by interpreting performance directions which are either…

colloquial. A thing, esp. a blow, which causes a person's nose to bleed by its violence. Also in extended use.

a song from a well-known stage show (as a musical, etc.), esp. one that has become popular in its own right; the melody from such a song.

Music. = Siciliana, n.

In medieval music, an instrumental piece consisting of several repeated melodic units, perhaps originally the accompaniment to a dance.

In jazz and popular music: a slow song or piece of music, esp. one of a sentimental or romantic nature. Cf. power ballad n. at power, n.1 compounds 3.

A dance of the Sicilian peasantry, resembling a jig; the music for this. Also, a piece in 6/8 or 12/8 time resembling this music. Also attributive.

Originally: a piece of music with a pronounced rocking (rocking, adj. 4a) rhythm. In later use: a hard rock song.

A piece of music that excites an audience; a tune or song that appeals to the masses.

Music. Designating a piece of music that specially displays the performer's skill or virtuosity.

Music. A composition consisting of units or sections which can be performed in any of a number of different orders according to the performer's…

(a) a musical composition consisting of a texture of sounds; (b) the sounds which form an auditory environment.

A thing which initially makes little impression but becomes appealing over time; esp. a recording of a song or piece of music which reveals its…

Originally U.S. Music of a kind that might be played in a bar, cocktail lounge, or similar public meeting place, and which is typically…