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classical music

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Noun1.classical musicclassical music - traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
classical, serious music
chamber music - serious music performed by a small group of musicians
opera - a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
cantata, oratorio - a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
concerto - a composition for orchestra and a soloist
fugue - a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
rondeau, rondo - a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
sonata - a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre - an expressive style of music


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It is classical music, and is considered the best and most puzzling ever manufactured.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
The presence of Lady Wetherby acted as a temporary check on the development of the situation, but after they had been seated at their table a short time the lights of the restaurant were suddenly lowered, a coloured limelight became manifest near the roof, and classical music made itself heard from the fiddles in the orchestra.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
But Frieda, listening to Classical Music, could not respond.
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