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DAY 131 | CLASSICAL MUSIC PERIODS |
Rococo/Galant
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You know those people who decorate their houses to the umpteenth degree every single holiday? The ones whose front yards boast gargoyles and flashing skeletons for Halloween and full manger scenes for Christmas? Well, those people are the modern-day embodiment of the rococo—or galant—music written in the first half of the 18th century.
The term “rococo” originated in 1796 in the realm of art and architecture. It referred to a relaxing of the severe Baroque lines and rules. Literally, ...
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