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The Empfindsamer Stil (literally sensitive style) is a style of musical composition developed in 18th century Germany intended to express true and natural feelings and featuring sudden contrasts of mood. It was developed as a contrast to the Baroque Affektenlehre (lit. The Doctrine of Affections) in which a composition (or movement) would have the same affect or emotion throughout.Composers in this style include:Gottfried August HomiliusWilhelm Friedemann Bach the eldest son of J.S.