instrumental composition
C4312
concept
An instrumental composition is a musical work created specifically for performance by instruments alone, without any vocal parts or lyrics.
All labels observed (43)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| jazz composition | 261 |
| instrumental composition canonical | 250 |
| chamber music composition | 122 |
| piano sonata | 75 |
| piano composition | 72 |
| Baroque composition | 60 |
| instrumental track | 45 |
| instrumental | 26 |
| solo piano composition | 24 |
| baroque composition | 15 |
| classical composition | 9 |
| violin composition | 8 |
| instrumental rock composition | 7 |
| instrumental work | 7 |
| big band composition | 6 |
| incidental music | 6 |
| twelve-tone composition | 6 |
| bebop composition | 4 |
| guitar composition | 3 |
| instrumental arrangement | 3 |
| wind band composition | 3 |
| instrumental soundtrack | 2 |
| marching band composition | 2 |
| music composition | 2 |
| percussion composition | 2 |
| ragtime composition | 2 |
| Roy Ayers composition | 1 |
| bass composition | 1 |
| film score–style composition | 1 |
| guitar instrumental | 1 |
| indeterminate music composition | 1 |
| instrumental jazz piece | 1 |
| instrumental music series | 1 |
| instrumental music track | 1 |
| instrumental standard | 1 |
| instrumental suite | 1 |
| instrumental waltz | 1 |
| jazz-funk composition | 1 |
| solo violin repertoire | 1 |
| string quartet composition | 1 |
| symphonic electronic piece | 1 |
| violin compositions | 1 |
| violin concerto-like work | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: instrumental composition
Generated description
An instrumental composition is a musical work created specifically for performance by instruments alone, without any vocal parts or lyrics.
Instances (1,023)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Chan’s Song (Never Said) | jazz composition |
| Embryonic Journey | — |
| Weather Bird | jazz composition |
| Beddy Bye | — |
| Just Gone | jazz composition |
| Weather Bird Rag | jazz composition |
| A Drive in the Country | — |
| Wild Man Blues | jazz composition |
| Melancholy Blues | jazz composition |
| Twelfth Street Rag | ragtime composition |
| Alligator Crawl | jazz composition |
| Coronation Street theme by Eric Spear | — |
| Brandenburg Concertos | Baroque composition |
| Violin Partitas and Sonatas | solo violin repertoire |
| Albatross | — |
| Moonlight Serenade | big band composition |
| In the Mood | big band composition |
| Tuxedo Junction | big band composition |
| Sugar Foot Stomp | jazz composition |
| Airegin | jazz composition |
|
“Passion Flower”
surface form:
Passion Flower
|
jazz composition |
|
“Jeep’s Blues”
surface form:
Jeep’s Blues
|
jazz composition |
| Fables of Faubus | jazz composition |
| Sack O' Woe | jazz composition |
| String Quintets, Op. 11 | chamber music composition |
| South | jazz composition |
| Blue Balls | jazz composition |
| String Quartet No. 8 | chamber music composition |
| Futile Escape | — |
| Loud Pipes | instrumental track |
| Cans and Brahms | instrumental arrangement |
| Five Per Cent for Nothing | — |
| Mood for a Day | — |
| Clap | — |
| Starship Trooper: Würm | instrumental |
| String Quintet in F major | chamber music composition |
| Prélude, Choral et Fugue | piano composition |
| Prélude, Aria et Final | piano composition |
| Suite for Viola and Piano | chamber music composition |
| Sugar Lips | jazz composition |
| Spring in E major | Baroque composition |
| Summer in G minor | Baroque composition |
| Autumn in F major | Baroque composition |
| RV 269 (Spring) | baroque composition |
| The Lonely Bull | — |
| Spanish Flea | — |
| Winter (L’inverno) | Baroque composition |
| RV 315 (Summer) | Baroque composition |
| Concerto in G minor, RV 578 | — |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | big band composition |