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Topic: 'Arte-Deco' applied to music  (Read 1758 times)

Offline weissenberg2

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'Arte-Deco' applied to music
on: November 10, 2009, 11:51:06 PM
I have heard this term used in music critique, but I do not understand what it is supposed to mean.

Could anyone shed some light on this?
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Re: 'Arte-Deco' applied to music
Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 01:48:58 AM
Where have you heard it, and in what context? I personally haven't heard this term applied to music (only visual and graphic art), but I have an idea what some critics might mean by this.

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Re: 'Arte-Deco' applied to music
Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 03:03:43 PM
Mostly applied to Bach performances. E.G. look at the comments of this video
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