Type of art music that attempts to musically render an extra-musical narrative

Musical ekphrasis : composers responding to poetry and painting / by Siglind Bruhn.

Sonic transformations of literary texts : from program music to musical ekphrasis : nine essays / edited by Siglind Bruhn.

The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven / Richard Will.

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Musical ekphrasis : composers responding to poetry and painting / by Siglind Bruhn.

Sonic transformations of literary texts : from program music to musical ekphrasis : nine essays / edited by Siglind Bruhn.

The characteristic symphony in the age of Haydn and Beethoven / Richard Will.