stile antico
noun
sti·le an·ti·co
ˈstē-lā-än-ˈtē-kō
: the standard polyphonic style of 16th-century church music especially as employed in the 17th century
Most Spanish composers defended the purity and aptness of the stile antico for sacred texts.—Julie Anne Sadie, Companion to Baroque Music, 1998
compare stile moderno
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