Music that tells a story or depicts an image.

• A. Absolute Music
• B. Programmatic Music
• C. Blues
• D. Bossa Nova

Answer: (B)

Programmatic music is music that tells a story or paints a scene through instrumental sound, often guided by a program such as a poem, narrative, or image. The music is shaped to evoke specific events, characters, or landscapes, inviting listeners to imagine the tale as it unfolds. Absolute music, by contrast, is intended to stand on its own without an outside story or picture. Blues and Bossa Nova describe styles or genres with particular rhythms and feels, but they aren’t defined primarily by conveying a narrative or image through instrumental storytelling in the way programmatic music is.