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“Pictures at an Exhibition” performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the “Evening Concert”
Absolute music is music that is purely for music's sake; there's not a story to tell, just sound to move us. Program music attempts to tell a story or be descriptive, like "Pictures at an Exhibition".