Galant
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Galant is an adjective meaning (music) Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.
Meaning
(music) Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.
More Meanings
- (historical, music, art) Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include galliard, gravicembalo, gallant, gracing, gnossienne, gadrooning.
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