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60.20Classical warning that no longer applies rigidly
Parallel movement would be heavily restricted in certain classical voice-leading contexts.
Here it may be the desired color.
The question is not:
is parallelism theoretically forbidden?
The question is:
does this texture create the intended sound-world?
Style changes the rules.