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French classical music began with the sacred music of the

Grisey, and Murail
.

Definition

Main article: Classical music

Classical music usually refers to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of

Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times.[1] The central norms of this tradition became codified between approximately 1600 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period
.

Classical music, including that from France is largely distinguished from many other non-European and [[venom 

music]]al forms by its system of 
meter, individual rhythms and exact execution of a piece of music. This leaves less room for practices, such as improvisation and ad libitum ornamentation, that are frequently heard in non-European art music (compare Indian classical music and Japanese traditional music), and popular music.[3][4][5]

History

During the early Christian era of the

Ars Nova era of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the trend towards writing polyphonic music extended to non-Church music. In the fifteenth century, more secular music emerged, such as the French chanson
.

In the late sixteenth-century, composers attempted to recreate Greek drama using a style called

Classical style
dominated, with the main forms being sonatas, symphonies, and string quartets.

The nineteenth century is often called the

Impressionism
, which emphasized tone "colours", and which used chords purely for their sound (as opposed to for their harmonic role).

During the twentieth-century, composers took many different paths. Some composers looked backwards to the light, elegant Classical works, with the

minimalism (Reich, Glass
).

References

  1. ^ "Classical", The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music, ed. Michael Kennedy, (Oxford, 2007), Oxford Reference Online, accessed 23 July 2007
  2. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5
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  3. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5
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  4. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5
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  5. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5
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