prima prattica
noun
pri·ma prat·tica ¦prē-mä-prä-¦tē-kä 
variants or prima pratica
: the standard musical practice of 16th-century polyphony in Europe
The Kyrie II is composed in the old Renaissance style, the prima prattica, the purely contrapuntal, a remote and mysterious sacred sound recalling the effect and compositional style of Palestrina's Masses.
George J. Buelow, A History of Baroque Music, 2004
compare seconda prattica George J. Buelow, A History of Baroque Music, 2004
Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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