Gebrauchsmusikn.

1930 Mod. Music Feb.–Mar. 17 Present day ‘Gebrauchsmusik’ seems to be principally music for the dance, the sound films, [etc.].

1932 Music & Lett. 13 43 Hindemith..is young and impetuous enough to have one or two bees in his musical bonnet. These are known variously as Gebrauchmusik, Gemeinschaftsmusik,..and so on.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 249 Hindemith's music has been somewhat unduly saddled with the description of Gebrauchsmusik—bread-and-butter music, workaday, or utility music are perhaps the best equivalents.

1947 A. Einstein Music Romantic Era ii. 11 Until late in the 18th century there was scarcely any music conceivable that was not utilitarian, Gebrauchsmusik, or that would not have served an immediate purpose.

1952 P. Hindemith Composer's World p. viii A quarter of a century ago, in a discussion with German choral conductors, I pointed out the danger of an esoteric isolationism in music by using the term Gebrauchsmusik..that ugly term showed a power of penetration and a vigor that would be desirable for worthier formulations.

1962 Times 14 Dec. 15/2 The now unfashionable category of Gebrauchsmusik.