incidental music
noun
: descriptive music played during a play to project a mood or to accompany stage action
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The aha came after intermission, when Dudamel conducted Mendelssohn’s incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Later, the theater noticed his composition skill, and hired him to write small pieces of incidental music.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
There was also dance and incidental music arranger Glen Kelly, who translated Nicholaw’s thoughts about a number’s feel, movements and beats.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2023
The behind-the-scenes crew remains intact, with Alex Timbers directing, Eddie Perfect providing an original score, Scott Brown and Anthony King writing the book, Connor Gallagher handling choreography, and King on music supervision, orchestrations, and incidental music.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Later, the theater noticed his composition skill, and hired him to write small pieces of incidental music.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
There was also dance and incidental music arranger Glen Kelly, who translated Nicholaw’s thoughts about a number’s feel, movements and beats.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2023
The behind-the-scenes crew remains intact, with Alex Timbers directing, Eddie Perfect providing an original score, Scott Brown and Anthony King writing the book, Connor Gallagher handling choreography, and King on music supervision, orchestrations, and incidental music.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
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“Incidental music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incidental%20music. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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