Galante Era

The Galante Era, broadly spanning the 18th century, marks a period in Western classical music that emphasized elegance, accessibility, and a graceful melodic simplicity. It arose as a reaction against the complex, highly ornamented baroque style, favoring instead a clear and lyrical line, homophonic textures, and a refined expressiveness aimed at pleasing the senses. Connecting with the broader Enlightenment ideals of clarity and natural beauty, the music of this era showcased composers like Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Christoph Willibald Gluck, who made significant contributions with their more intuitive, emotive approach that paved the way for the Classical era. The Galante style is often characterized by a conversational interplay among instruments, lightness in form and ornamentation, and a focus on the aesthetic of courtly sophistication.

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William Boyce
Carl Friedrich Abel
Leopold Mozart
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Johan Helmich Roman
Michel Corrette
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