Dance music, often improvised around familiar tropes, was the largest purely instrumental genre.

The symphony had established itself by the end of the 18th century as the most prestigious of instrumental genres.

The instrumentation and style are closely related to the instrumental genre of Jiangnan sizhu.

He was a prolific composer in many instrumental genres.

Free jazz has primarily been an instrumental genre.

It developed primarily as an instrumental genre for wedding celebrations in Eastern European Jewish communities.

The instrumental genre is the biggest one in Swedish traditional music.

Grime is sometimes associated with dubstep, a similar but largely instrumental genre which also evolved from the early 2000s UK garage scene.

It is a largely instrumental genre that shares a number of characteristics with samba.

The danzón had been, since its beginning in the 1870s, an instrumental genre, but by 1927 bands began to include a singer.