Etymology

style brisé

Today it means: An irregular arpeggiated texture in baroque music. Full definition →

French style brisé
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  1. French · borrowed fromstyle brisé
  2. English todaystyle brisé

Borrowed from French style brisé. Musicological term from the 20th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.