classical music

In technical musical usage this means music composed during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, characterized by the development of the sonata by such composers as Mozart. In popular use, however, the term is used to mean any serious art music as distinct from jazz, pop, or folk.

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Noun

classical 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

Translations

klasszikus zenekomolyzene

musica classica

классическая музыка

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"It is classical music, and is considered the best and most puzzling ever manufactured.

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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.

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But Frieda, listening to Classical Music, could not respond.

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ANDY Murray has admitted he's not a fan of classical music - in an interview on Classic FM.

Classic gaffe from Murray on radio show

Satyendra Pathak Doha Aimed at showcasing the rich treasure of ragas and tunes in the Indian classical music to the multicultural audience of Qatar, Beats and Tunes Events was officially launched in Doha on Thursday.

Beats and Tunes Events to showcase treasure trove of Indian classical music

MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall has launched a scheme to offer free classical music concert tickets to Middlesbrough residents.

Free tickets to season of classical music

Research released by the Royal Albert Hall and global music streaming service Deezer shows a boom in millennials listening to classical music.

Bach with a vengeance

Violist Jennifer Wu believes Classical music has developed an air of elitism and inaccessibility-so much so that it took a long time before she became interested in watching others perform, even as a musician herself.

Landmark String Quartet: bringing fun to Classical music in Taiwan and beyond

So we did the first couple of recordings based on classical themes that would also serve as introductions to classical music.'

Classical pianist Raul Sunico to do a rare Rachmaninoff two-peat

THE number of plays of classical music increased by more than 10% in 2018, with the genre growing faster than the UK music industry at large.

Surge in classical music listeners

The number of plays of classical music increased by more than 10 per cent in 2018, with the genre growing faster than the UK music industry at large.

Classical music on track for success

Ginny Cooper, co-chair of BPI's Classical Committee and classical consultant with Proper Distribution, said: "These figures reflect a very good year for classical music, underscoring a healthy rise in demand for the genre across key formats, which impressively outperformed the growth for the music market as a whole."

Classical listens surge, outperforms rest of industry