Editing Rococo (section)

==Music==
A Rococo period existed in [[music history]], although it is not as well known as the earlier Baroque and later Classical forms. The Rococo music style itself developed out of baroque music both in France, where the new style was referred to as [[Galante music|''style galant'']] ("gallant" or "elegant" style), and in Germany, where it was referred to as ''empfindsamer Stil'' ("sensitive style"). It can be characterized as light, intimate music with extremely elaborate and refined forms of [[ornamentation (music)|ornamentation]]. Exemplars include [[Jean Philippe Rameau]], [[Louis-Claude Daquin]] and [[François Couperin]] in France; in Germany, the style's main proponents were [[C. P. E. Bach]] and [[Johann Christian Bach]], two sons of [[J.S. Bach]].

In the second half of the 18th century, a reaction against the Rococo style occurred, primarily against its perceived overuse of ornamentation and decoration. Led by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], this reaction ushered in the [[Classical period (music)|Classical era]]. By the early 19th century, Catholic opinion had turned against the suitability of the style for ecclesiastical contexts because it was "in no way conducive to sentiments of devotion".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Rococo Style|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13106a.htm|access-date=2023-02-08|website=New Advent |last1=Gietmann |first1=G. |date=1912 |others=Transcribed by Germani, Ferruccio }}</ref>

Russian composer of the Romantic era [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] wrote The ''[[Variations on a Rococo Theme]]'', Op. 33, for cello and orchestra in 1877. Although the theme is not Rococo in origin, it is written in Rococo style.