> Rationality was also of course also a big ideology at the time, so people
> thought more rational music was a beautiful thing -- in the baroque era,
> because it was a reflection of the perfection of god; and in the classical
> era, because it reflected the fundamental belief of the enlightenment in
> a rational universe.
I'd be curious to know what makes one style of music more 'rational' than another. In what way is say a Haydn symphony more rational than a ricercar by Frescobaldi or a motet by Ockeghem?
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