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Sublime style
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BBD a10009693
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MT Music terms
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May also be used as subdivision to terms in the Works List (WL) hierarchy
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The "grand style" of instrumental music articulated by J.A.P Schulz in Sulzer's Allgemeine Theorie der schonen Kunste (1794). According to Schulz, "the symphony is pre-eminently suited to the expression of things grand, solemn, and sublime" The concept developed from 18th-century aesthetic ideals. The term is defined differently by various authors and sometimes overlaps with "monumental style"
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Monumental style
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Style
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Sentimental style