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Meaning of musique concrete | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/mjuːˌziːk kɒnˈkɹɛt/

Definitions

A genre of music created by the electronic manipulation of sounds that occur naturally.

uncountable

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Examples

“Pierre Henry's musique concrète, the Dixie Cups”
“Largely self-taught, he claimed to have been influenced by Schoenberg, Messiaen, and the musique concrete movement.”
“TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A., ROCK/USADOWN (Monday) The line between metal-on-metal harshness and abstract musique concrète is deliberately blurred in the music of To Live and Shave in L.A., a long-running collective led by Tom Smith.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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