Noun
music that is vocalized (as contrasted with instrumental music)
Source: WordNetWhen I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings. Kiri Te Kanawa
Blues has since evolved from unaccompanied vocal music and oral traditions of slaves into a wide variety of styles and subgenres. Source: Internet
Ferris, p. 229. Blues has evolved from the unaccompanied vocal music and oral traditions of slaves imported from West Africa and rural blacks into a wide variety of styles and subgenres, with regional variations across the United States. Source: Internet
Baroque music began when the first operas (dramatic solo vocal music accompanied by orchestra ) were written. Source: Internet
C clefs (along with G, F, Gamma, D, and A clefs) were formerly used to notate vocal music. Source: Internet
Composers found ways to make vocal music more expressive of the texts they were setting. Source: Internet