Etymology

barococo

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Today it means: Of or relating to a style of easy listening music that originated in the Baroque and pre-Classic periods, associated with the emergence of LP records and the ability to listen repeatedly to recordings without paying attention to structure etc. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of baroque + rococo, coined by musicologist H.C. Robbins-Landon.

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