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Stylistically, baroque music often observes a strict or unvarying rhythm, and marked by an absence of modulation - the subtleties of [[crescendo]] and [[diminuendo]]. In this sense, baroque and [[hip hop]] have much in common. And extensive use of [[counterpoint]] - two or more music lines played against each other simultaneously, which is the defining characteristic of [[Western]] music. Counterpoint sets apart Western music from Far Eastern, [[India]]n, and African traditions which are characterized by a more complex [[rhythm|rhythmic system]] and a less developed [[harmony|harmonic system]].

Stylistically, baroque music often observes a strict or unvarying rhythm, and marked by an absence of modulation - the subtleties of [[crescendo]] and [[diminuendo]]. In this sense, baroque and [[hip hop]] have much in common. And extensive use of [[counterpoint]] - two or more music lines played against each other simultaneously, which is the defining characteristic of [[Western]] music. Counterpoint sets apart Western music from Far Eastern, [[India]]n, and African traditions which are characterized by a more complex [[rhythm|rhythmic system]] and a less developed [[harmony|harmonic system]].

Some of the notable composers of baroque music are: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Antonio Vivaldi]], [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Francesca Caccini, [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, [[Henry Purcell]], Barbara Strozzi and Georg Phillip Telemann.

Some of the notable composers of baroque music are: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Antonio Vivaldi]], [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Francesca Caccini, [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, [[Henry Purcell]], Barbara Strozzi, [[Arcangelo Corelli]], [[Johann Pachelbel]] and Georg Phillip Telemann.

==Classical era==

==Classical era==