en though they wrote their music for specific purpose for their patrons, its quality was so high that much of it has become standard today. The baroque style of music represented a complete departure from that of the renaissance era.
             Perhaps the key of the Baroque style is its idea of homophonic music versus the polyphony of before. The homophonic style created a distinct separation between the melody line and the accompaniment. The focus of text instead of music opened a new door leading to many new ideas. This introduced a solo style. "Stile recitativo was heard in at least two sacre rappresentazioni in which music was confined to a few choruses and solo songs, as in the secular commedie with intermedi" (Florence 649). This style resembled a narrative where there is no distinct rhythmic pattern, almost speech-like. In t
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