A device for selecting a music piece for generating lighting control data, the device being configured to select, among pieces of music piece data each comprising transition information of characteristic sections that characterize a music structure, a target piece of music piece data suitable for generating the lighting control data for each of the pieces of music piece data, the device comprising:
- a transition information acquirer configured to acquire the transition information of the characteristic sections in each of the pieces of music piece data;
- a characteristic section type determiner configured to determine respective types of the characteristic sections based on the transition information of the characteristic sections acquired by the transition information acquirer;
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- a music piece data selector configured to select the target piece of music piece data for generating the lighting control data based on the respective types of the characteristic sections determined by the characteristic section type determiner.