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early music

music of the medieval and Renaissance periods, now sometimes including baroque and early classical music
early-music definition

early-music (ʉr′lē myo̵̅o̅′zik)

adjective

designating, of, characteristic of, or participating in a movement promoting the modern reproduction of historical styles of musical performance, often through the use of period instruments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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