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| | A Selection of Baroque Music |
 | | The XVIIth century was obviously built upon the music of the preceding century, in that it consisted of first perfecting what the masters of the Renaissance had done, and then introduced new forms of music (opera, oratorio, concerto, sonata). |
 | | By the importance he gave to the choir and to the instrumental music in his operas, he should be more considered as a successor of Lully, rather than an "enemy" as the "querelle des bouffons" tried to illustrate. |
 | | Though German music did not quite have a precedent in the field of opera, when it comes to sacred music, the Italian influence was predominant. |
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