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Stile antico, literally 'ancient style', is a term describing music from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. It refers to a manner of composition which is historically-conscious, as opposed to
stile moderno. It has been associated with composers of the high
Baroque and early
Classical periods of music, in which composers use controlled use of dissonance,
modal effects and the avoidance of overtly instrumental textures and lavish ornamentation to imitate the compositional style of the late
Renaissance.
Stile antico was deemed appropriate in the conservative confines of
church music, or as a compositional exercise as in
J. J. Fux's
Gradus Ad Parnassum (1725), the classic text-book on strict
counterpoint. Much of the music associated with this style looks to the music of
Palestrina as a model.
In the early Baroque
Claudio Monteverdi and his brother coined the term
prima pratica to refer to the older style of Palestrina, and
seconda pratica to refer to Monteverdi's music.
The great composers of the late Baroque all wrote compositions in this style, especially
Bach. His
Mass in B minor has sections written in
stile antico which jostle with up-to-date Baroque idioms. Later composers such as
Haydn and
Mozart also used
stile antico.
Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis, written after the composer's study of Palestrina, is a late flowering of the style.
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