English
Gebrauchsmusik
Gebrauchsmusik comes from German Gebrauchsmusik.
- Germanc. 1650–presentGebrauchsmusikliterally ‘utility music’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentGebrauchsmusikliterally ‘utility music’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009same form
Earliest quotation: 2009, Elizabeth B. Crist, Oxford University Press: “Copland's own criticism of Gebrauchsmusik as a “contaminated” musical…”
The story
Borrowed from German Gebrauchsmusik (literally “utility music”).
Every English word from German Gebrauchsmusik
Today it means
noun Music composed for a specific, identifiable purpose, not just for its own sake.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Gebrauchsmusik / Gebrauchsmusik