English Explanatory Dictionary

furniture music

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Background music originally played by live performers.

Word forms

furniture music

Etymology

Calque of French musique d'ameublement (literally “furnishing music”), coined by Erik Satie in 1917.

Related words

ambient music
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