musical composition vs incidental music

incidental music vs musical composition

musical composition and incidental music both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
musical composition	Yes	No	No	No
incidental music	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, incidental music is a hyponym of musical composition; that is, incidental music is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than musical composition:

musical composition: a musical work that has been created
incidental music: music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes

Other hyponyms of musical composition include morceau, sheet music, arrangement, musical arrangement, realisation, realization, intermezzo, introit, solo, duet, duette, duo, trio, quartet, quartette, quintet, quintette, sestet, sextet, sextette, septet, septette, octet, octette, bagatelle, divertimento, serenade, canon, etude, idyl, idyll, pastoral, pastorale, sonata, toccata, fantasia, musical passage, passage, movement, larghetto, suite, symphonic poem, tone poem, medley, pastiche, potpourri, nocturne, notturno, song, vocal, study, capriccio, motet, program music, programme music, csardas, czardas.

musical composition (noun)	incidental music (noun)
a musical work that has been created	music composed to accompany the action of a drama or to fill intervals between scenes

Difference between musical composition and incidental music

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