What is the definition of 'classical music'?!
Question: What makes music 'classical'?
Answers: What makes music 'classical'?
This apparently simple question is almost impossible to answer satisfactorily. 'Classical' music is perceived to be a genre of music written to be performed publicly. But that also includes popular music. It is written out, not extemporised. But many 'classical' musicians did extemporise - Bach at the organ, for example. Also much music of the period before about 1750 was not completely notated - the composer expected the executant musicians to understand what was intended and 'fill out' gaps that had been left. The 'classical' period in music is generally accepted to fall between (roughly) 1750 and 1820. Mozart and Haydn were entirely 'classical' in their compositional techniques, J S Bach, Handel and Vivaldi weren't, J C Bach was partly baroque and partly classical. Beethoven was partly classical but began the romantic movement with his Eroica Symphony. But that symphony is today regarded as 'classical' music in the wider meaning of that term. As are works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel, Britten abd Copland. In fact, the use of the word 'classical' is perhaps unfortunate but none has come uip with a better.
It depends what kind of classical your talking about.
Generally classical can be Mozart, Beethoven and those kinds of artists. Because they come from classical periods or genres that are called classic because they use traditional instruments such as violins and orchestra music.
Classical being old or archaic style of music it can be defined as music that is old or lasts for a long time.
Also traditional music can also be called classical.
Legend music can be classed as classic, as in that song was a classic, everyone will remember it as being classic, timeless, legendary, great.
But if its classical rock, or classical country, or classical jazz etc. etc. then it will be something different.
So it all depends on what kind of classical youre talking about.
Classical is one of the two major types of music, the other one being popular.
Classical music is generally written by those with musical education, usually working in a musical institution. It is written out as a score.
The broader term classical covers four main peroids: romantic, classical, barquoe and modern.
This is as opposed to popular music, which covers most popular genres: pop, rock, jazz, hip-hop etc. Popular music is repetitive, simple, mainstream and usually commercially driven.
Others have already answered this very thoroughly for you. As far as the comon use of the word is concerned, it seems to have become a handy catch-all for music which sounds a bit 'up-market' or 'intellectual'. Andrew Lloyd-Weber, for example. Or the theme music from Titanic, Gladiator etc. Lloyd-Weber certainly knows how to write a good tune but not even the man himself would pretend 'classical' status. I love film music but it absolutely is not classical ... er ... well ... unless it was written by Sir William Walton or Prokofiev or Shotakovich or .... I think you know what I mean. I'm just an old Classical Snob!