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French revolutionary music
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BBD a10019339
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Must subdivide by date: 1789-1799
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French vocal and instrumental music written mostly in the period between 1789 and 1799, whose function was to exalt the ideals of the French Revolution. Among its stylistic traits are: martial trumpet fanfares, triumphant calls, motoric rhythms, and a tone of rhetorical pathos in its heroic songs and marches