A comparison of Palestrina and Rameau

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The opera's subject matter - the brotherly love of twins Castor and Pollux, one mortal, one immortal - was unusual in French opera of the period, which normally concerned itself with romantic love. This piece has its own singular eloquence, lyricism, heroic, and is enlivened everywhere by dance rhythms, and sophisticated harmonic structure...
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It has also been praised for its originality of libretto, its straightforward theme (fraternal love), beauty of music, and novelty. Palestrina was said to have the most organized technique of the age of pure vocal polyphony. He believed that the tendency to over-elaborate and over-ornament lead to unnecessary complexity in the music...
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