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galant| In music, an adjective used to designate a special musical style of the 18th century, especially that of C P E Bach and the Mannheim school. Its main characteristics are elegance, a certain restraint of feeling, formality (often using sonata form), and the abandonment of baroque counterpoint in favour of a distinct division between melody and accompaniment. |
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