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Gallanterie is also a musical style mid-way between Rococco and Classical. A typical composer in the style is L. S. Weiss, a friend of J. S. Bach. It sounds more classical than Rococco, but largely retains polyphonic composition method. In polyphonic composition, each line of melody has a distinct identity, and could be played on an individual instrument. In the newer method, known as "homophony", the music only makes sense when all the parts are assembled. A splendid example is Haydn's Cassation for lute and strings. If one looks at each individual part, it seems to make no sense at all, but when all parts are played together a piece of great melodic interest and fun emerges.
One wonders, why bother? Wouldn't it make life easier to keep the different melodies on distinct instruments?