early music

noun

music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.

early music

noun

music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, sometimes also including music of the baroque and early classical periods

of or denoting an approach to musical performance emphasizing the use of period instruments and historically researched scores and playing techniques
the early-music movement

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Other Word Forms

early-music adjective
early musician noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of early music¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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HIP came about when the early music movement discovered that trying to re-create, say, the way a Handel opera might have sounded in the 18th century by using period instruments with what was believed to be period practice techniques proved deadly boring.

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The music was all of our time with the exception of three small pieces of early music, but even that was modernized.

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Last week, the New York Post’s Page Six reported that Braun — who once managed Swift’s nemesis Kanye West and whom Swift has accused of bullying her — was “encouraging” the new deal between the singer and Shamrock Capital, the L.A.-based investment firm that bought the rights to Swift’s early music from Braun in 2020.

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Some of the early music of my youth started to become something that rescued me emotionally, like when I was young.

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His early music career success included helping launch the careers of Mary J Blige and Christopher Wallace - aka Biggie Smalls, or The Notorious B.I.G.

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Early Modern English early on

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