Musical Instruments in Western European Music of the 15th-17th Centuries and Their Evolution
Keywords:
musical instruments, Renaissance, Baroque, musical genres, instrumental music, transformation, modernizationAbstract
This article discusses the formation and development of key musical instruments in Western Europe during the 15th-17th centuries. This period is marked by the transition from the late Renaissance to the Baroque era. The transformation is analyzed in the context of the technical capabilities of musical instruments, as well as instrumental modernization, which laid the foundation for the genre system and performance culture of subsequent eras.
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