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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by spekcular on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:48PM (#32546430)
People like Vivaldi writing homophonic music.
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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by heikkilevanto on Monday August 22, 2022 @07:37PM (#32558715)
Bach wrote several transcriptions of Vivaldis music
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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by Bud on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:54PM (#32546466)
Except Vivaldi did nothing of the sort.
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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by spekcular on Sunday August 21, 2022 @09:59PM (#32546494)
The Four Seasons is not homophonic music? It varies by season but IIRC there's definitely some homophonic writing in there.
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Re:Did Bach “invent” the rules of music theory? by p1esk on Monday August 22, 2022 @02:51AM (#32548149)
The question is not so much about polyphonic versus homophonic it’s about whether concert goers 300 years ago listened to Vivaldi after they listened to Bach and said “finally, a breath of fresh air!”

Could very well had been so, who knows.

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