piece of music vs incidental music

incidental music vs piece of music

piece of music and incidental music both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
piece of music	Yes	No	No	No
incidental music	Yes	No	No	No

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

piece of music: 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 piece of music 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.

piece of music (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 piece of music and incidental music

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