The Galant Style [嚙緣嚙綞嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭]

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• Music life in the early Classical Period reflected the international culture and many advocated [嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭] that the ideal musical style was made up of the best features of music from all nations.

• At the same time, many repelled [嚙複伐蕭] the flamboyant [嚙畿嚙諍迎蕭] Baroque style of music with melissmatic [嚙踝蕭藻嚙稽 and ornamented [嚙踝蕭嚙誼對蕭嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭] melodic lines. They regarded music should be 嚙踝蕭natural嚙踝蕭 to the extent that it emulated [嚙衝伐蕭] the flow of speech.

• Educated people wanted music to communicate expression without artifice i.e. in a manner free of any complication that would hinder music嚙踝蕭s enjoyment and appeal.

• Based on the above two prevailing trends, a musical style known as the galant style [嚙緣嚙綞嚙踝蕭嚙踝蕭] became the foundation for the musical idiom of mid- to late eighteenth century.

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Food for Thought

• Why do you think it is necessary to have both recitative and aria in an opera?

• In what sense is classical music more 嚙踝蕭natural嚙踝蕭 than Baroque music?

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Music Examples

Mozart Don Giovanni Catalog Aria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAei1IlntEI

Haydn - String Quartet in D Minor "Fifths" - Mov. 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXg8xo31h0

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