Style vs. genre of music


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Posted by Mark Wiseman on February 27, 2003 at 15:13:17:

I'm trying to understand the meanings of style and genre when describing music. Although I sometimes see them used interchangeably, I believe there is a differnce between the two terms.

I tend to think of style as baroque, romantic, contemporary etc. and genre as classical, jazz, rock, etc.

What do you think and can you recommend a book or web site that discusses this difference in detail?

Mark



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