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===Music===

Lapodian music is exceptionally varied, boasting some of the more notable composers, singers, producers and performers in [[Levantia]] and indeed the world. Much of Lapody's musical heritage descends from the Verecundian heritage, which experienced a cultural golden age in the early 18th century.

{{wpl|Classical music}}, largely based about piano solos and full orchestras, is characterized by the use of large amounts of string instruments, such as the {{wpl|violin}}, {{wpl|viola}}, and {{wpl|cello}}, employing them in vast, interlaying groups to achieve a sweeping sense, as well as being characterized by the use of choirs in a low {{wpl|baritone}} and {{wpl|bass}} voice as accompaniment to percussion instruments. Classical music was heavily patronized in the era of the Grand Duchy of Verecundia, and throughout the Lapodard-speaking lands, major orchestras became commonplace among the courts of the Lapodard counts and dukes. Such orchestras were often intertwined with a {{wpl|ballard}} style, describing events in the country's history through the use of intense or less intense music depending on the actions at work, though some would employ conventional lyrics for the choirs. Lapodian orchestras in this form would be noted as exceptionally fast paced, to some contemporaries “violent in nature”, with a minority employing such things as rifle fire for use in place of the {{wpl|snare drum}} and even field artillery. Joannes Bisto, a [[Urcea]]n immigrant, would be infamous for his first unveiling of this style to an unwitting audience in 1830. During the [[Second Great War]], formats such as the {{wpl|string quartet}}, {{wpl|symphony}}, and {{wpl|sonata}} would also rise in popularity along front lines of conflict, with amateur soldiers playing for their fellows. Such music would naturally be of peace, home, and women. More modern, conventional arrays for orchestra have risen in popularity since the 1970s, though traditional Lapodian {{wpl|classical music}} continues to be notable worldwide.

{{wpl|Folk music}} within Lapody can trace its roots back to the Medieval period. These songs are rarely authentically tied to traditional folk music, being sunny and optimistic in nature. There is a small minority of songs with demonstrated antique vintage, most famously the song ''La fortuna a va e ven'' (The wheel of fortune is forever in motion), whose earliest attestation dates to around the time of the [[Great Plague]] in the 14th century. Notably, many of these earliest songs are shared in common with old songs remembered by the [[Culture_in_Burgundie#Uplanders|Burgoignesc uplanders]], serving as a major piece of evidence for some kind of shared heritage between Lapods and uplanders.