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concrete music

concrete music is the alternative form of musique concrète.

Meaning of musique concrète

Noun

musique concrète (uncountable)

  1. A genre of music created by the electronic manipulation of sounds that occur naturally.
    • Pierre Henry's musique concrète, the Dixie Cups1980, “I Confess”, performed by Dorothy

Origin of concrete music

Calque of French musique concrète.

Questions about concrete music

What is concrete music the alternative form of?
Concrete music is the alternative form of musique concrète.

Words near concrete music in the dictionary

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  4. concrete mixer
  5. concrete mixers
  6. concrete music
  7. concrete noun
  8. concrete nouns
  9. concrete number
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Adapted from Wiktionary: concrete music (page history and authors); musique concrète (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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