starrynight

I heard that music can be categorised into 2 categories,dance or song.

song is obviously more contemplative
dance is more physical, and perhaps more communal.

Both types move us in some way, even a great ballad I sometimes need to stand up to rather than just sit down completely stationary. It's interesting how the word move is used to describe people being emotionally affected by something and also literally moving.

And I think there could be some varying rhythm and tempo even before the romantics. Also dance pieces were incorporated into concert hall pieces, such as the minuet in the symphony, so though they are clearly in dance form they were not meant to be danced to in that context.

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