Keep iTunes Window from Maximizing

I pay music while I'm working. My playlist includes a few videos and whenever one of them plays, the iTunes window maximizes to display the video, right over the window for the application in which I am working. I can find lots of discussions on how to keep videos on top. My problem is the opposite. How can I keep the videos from disrupting my work by just playing in the minimized window?

I have been struggling to find the setting to impliment the same behavior. I don't know why it is so difficult to implement. The idea that a program "minimized" by the user - REMAIN - minimized until the user instructs otherwise is pretty atrocious behavior. Shame on you Apple.

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