Gebrauchsmusik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gebrauchsmusik (literally “utility music”).

Noun

Gebrauchsmusik (uncountable)

1. (musicology) Music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake.
   • 2009, Elizabeth B. Crist, Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 76:

     Copland's own criticism of Gebrauchsmusik as a “contaminated” musical style can also be read as a rebuke of its ties to musical styles associated with the culture industry.

Further reading

• Gebrauchsmusik on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

From Gebrauch +‎ -s- +‎ Musik, 1920s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gebrauchsmusik f (genitive Gebrauchsmusik, plural Gebrauchsmusiken)

1. Gebrauchsmusik (music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake)

   Coordinate term: Gebrauchsliteratur

Declension

Declension of Gebrauchsmusik [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gebrauchsmusik	die	Gebrauchsmusiken
genitive	einer	der	Gebrauchsmusik	der	Gebrauchsmusiken
dative	einer	der	Gebrauchsmusik	den	Gebrauchsmusiken
accusative	eine	die	Gebrauchsmusik	die	Gebrauchsmusiken

Further reading

• “Gebrauchsmusik” in Duden online
• “Gebrauchsmusik” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache