English Explanatory Dictionary

third stream

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.
noun
  1. Alternative form of third stream.

Word forms

third stream thirdstream

Etymology

Coined by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957.

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