word painting

Noun

Meaning

A visually evocative poem or other piece of writing.

The act of writing such a piece.

(music) Program music, or the process of composing it.

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word-painting

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Examples

A few motets, especially in the 1591 set, abandon traditional motet style and resort to vivid word painting which reflects the growing popularity of the madrigal (Haec dies, 1591). Source: Internet

In 1631 he published a number of masses, which were much more baroque, with basso continuo, rhetorical word painting and obligato usage of instruments. Source: Internet

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