Technically, it means the classical era, which lasted from approximately 1750 to 1825. Well-known classical era composers include Mozart and Haydn. However, Classical Music has come to be used to refer generally to music seen as 'traditional' music not from the 'popular' idiom (and in that I include not just pop, but also Rock-and-Roll, Heavy Metal, Jazz, Folk etc., etc.) - so music from the medieval through to the contemporary eras of the Western musical tradition.
The term classical refers to music that is performed only in symphonies.
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The term classical music refers to a broad period in Western music that includes the Baroque and Romantic eras.
Classical music (as we know it today) has existed since the 9th century and into the present day. The term "classical music" wasn't applied formally until the 19th century.
Another term for conductor is Maestro.
Classical music is a broad term of music of the western culture. It is a combination of the Western Art music that began in the Medieval period, typically called the common practice period, and most regional musical styles and genres. It is the music of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, particularly the 18th and 19th centuries. Some of the main genres of classical music are symphonies, concertos, sonatas, chamber music and solo instrumental performances.
While the term "absolute music" is most commonly applied to the classical era (and also to the Romantic period), the classical period was not defined by being absolute music. Absolute music is music that is not created for an outside purpose, not to be accompanied by a dance, or a play, but to exist on its own, to be performed alone, perhaps in a concert hall. Unlike program music, it does not tell a story, or represent anything. The term was usually applied to instrumental music without vocals. To define Classical Music by one of its many types of music would be absurd, so while the classical era included many pieces of absolute music, it also included program music, and Opera; the Classical era is not exclusively made up of absolute works.
While the term "absolute music" is most commonly applied to the classical era (and also to the Romantic period), the classical period was not defined by being absolute music. Absolute music is music that is not created for an outside purpose, not to be accompanied by a dance, or a play, but to exist on its own, to be performed alone, perhaps in a concert hall. Unlike program music, it does not tell a story, or represent anything. The term was usually applied to instrumental music without vocals. To define classical music by one of its many types of music would be absurd, so while the classical era included many pieces of absolute music, it also included program music, and opera; the Classical era is not exclusively made up of absolute works.
Generally speaking, 'Classical' can be used as a blanket term to describe it.
Although it is uncertain that he was the first to call jazz "america's classical music," Grover Sales is certainly the one that shed light to the claim with his publication of Jazz: America's Classical Music. Although it is uncertain that he was the first to call jazz "america's classical music," Grover Sales is certainly the one that shed light to the claim with his publication of Jazz: America's Classical Music.