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chiesa

kee-AY-zah

[Italian, church]

In the Baroque period this term indicated music that was suitable to be performed in church. It usually implied the four movement style of composition, consisting of a slow, a fast, a slow, and a fast movement. This style was distinguished from chamber, or camera music.



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