stile moderno
noun
sti·le mo·der·no
| \ ˈstē-lā-mō-ˈder-nō
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Definition of stile moderno
: the innovative style of 17th-century musical composition in Europe characterized especially by the use of monody (see monody ), continuo, and relative freedom of dissonance treatment
Thus a simple declamatory or recitative style, commonly referred to as the stile moderno, was eventually employed for the narratives and the dialogues between the protagonists.— Nancy Kovaleff Baker and Barbara Russano Hanning, Musical Humanism and Its Legacy, 1992
— compare stile antico
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