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third stream

The English word “third stream” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A form of jazz created in the 1950s, performed in ensembles in a style influenced by Western classical music, such as by using musical notation and eschewing improvisation.

Etymology

Coined by composer Gunther Schuller in 1957.

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