The Misconception Of Classical Music
�The term classical is confusing because it has so many different meanings. Many people take classical music to mean anything that is not rock, jazz, folk or popular music.� I used to have a firm belief in the previous statement. I used to believe that all Western Europe concert music not from the Twentieth Century was classic. As it happened, I have been enrolled in a Music Appreciation class for about nine weeks and I now understand and am convinced that music from Western Europe has many time periods and genres.
I used to think that all music that was old and �Non-American� was classical just because of the fact that it was old. Also, because it was old, I truly believed that it ...
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with. The first couple of weeks in the class, we learned the basic elements of not just �classical� music, but all music in general. The next couple of weeks later we listened to music so could utilize the terms we learned. Works like harmony, melody, key, pitch, and chords became more outstanding to me. Next, we started studying the various time periods of Western Europe music. I learned that music started way back 450 A.D. which is also known as the Medieval period. As time passed, music evolved. Then came the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. When I think about it, all five of these periods made just the one I knew about before I took the music class: Classical.
Because of the newfound knowledge I obtained in the Music Appreciation class, I have a new perception of �classical� music. I now know that classical music is not one of my favorite types of music. I prefer to listen to music from the Romantic period. I prefer this music because it is ...
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