{The History of Western Music [continued (15)]}[5th February 1991]

[Redbook8:222-223][19910205:1412q]{The History of Western Music [continued (15)]}[5th February 1991]

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[Highlighted & annotated extract reproduced from ‘The History of Western Music’ ‘THE CLASSICAL PERIOD’ ]

‘As in the case of the Renaissance, difficulties with terminology again arise with the label classical. Does it refer to a period of time, a distinctive musical style, an aesthetic attitude, an ideal standard, or an established norm? Again, the term was borrowed from the visual arts of the same epoch and is awkward when applied to music in that there were no known models from classical antiquity for composers to imitate.’

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[The reference to p214 near to the beginning refers to a passage quoted at [Redbook8:211][19910205:1030d]{Dionysus and Apollo}[5th February 1991]]

[Parts of 3 sections of the extract photocopied above, ‘The *Rococo style galant’, ‘The empfindsamer Stil’, & ‘Stylistic elements’ are set out with notes in the next 3 ts entries]

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