Music composed primarily to accompany a ballet performance(noun)
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Use "ballet music" in a sentence
"Vestris did not obtain his ballet music from the obdurate German; but, when Piccini's rival “Iphigenie en Tauride” was produced, such beautiful dance measures were furnished by the Italian composer as gave Vestris the opportunity for one of his greatest triumphs."