stackyFACTSThe highest form of musical snobbery is basically just an uncorrected typo. A group of sixteenth-century artists tried to aggressively recreate ancient dramatic performances but got the style totally wrong, accidentally inventing a genre where people just scream-sing their dialogue.
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