Galant

See also: galant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”).

Proper noun

Galant

  1. (music) Principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • Galante
  • galante style
  • galant style
  • style galant

See also
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