Definition of "dance music" [dance music]

• Music composed to accompany social dancing. (noun)

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• "Instrument-playing and dance music were in the hands of musicians, who were also called mimi, jocula - tores, or minstrels."
• "Dance and dance music were accused with particu - lar bitterness of diabolism."
• "Gaslights at the end of wrought-iron poles illuminated address plates; Danny followed a winding string of numbers to 7941, heard dance music wafting behind the hedge and started for the path to the door."