seconda prattica
noun
se·con·da prat·ti·ca
se-¦kȯn-dä-prä-¦tē-kä 
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or seconda pratica
: the innovative musical practice of the late 16th and early 17th centuries in Europe especially as to monodic style and freedom in dissonance treatment justified by the expressive setting of texts
Convinced that they had made a great advance over their sixteenth-century predecessors, they called their art seconda prattica (as opposed to the prima prattica of sixteenth-century polyphony) …—
Christopher Small, Musicking, 1998
compare prima prattica
Christopher Small, Musicking, 1998Dictionary Entries Near seconda prattica
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“Seconda prattica.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seconda%20prattica. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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