Personally I don't feel there is a line.....................Classical music is a genre which has an odd definition .....in essence it has proved its self worthy of the position not strictly by its composition but by the test of time and public opinion........
For example much of the music that is considered classical started off in the genre we would call popular or something similar................however after the passage of time it was not so much traditional .......more it was work which was proof of the excellence of it's time
and it stood the test of time as it was then was still popular hence it became a classic of its time.
There then becomes a problem with looking at a definition of classical...............much of the music that is classical to most people is of a certain time period and as such music that sounds like that might to the casual listener be defined as classical. However, that could be looked upon as a mistake in thinking. Classic music of different time periods could be regarded as classic and not have he same form. There is also the problem of music written today with the same form as the traditional format of classical music.
Personally I find the genre Classical too restricting...........The form of a piece of music does not need to have the classical tag to be a classic and the idea of writing to a classical format is too restricting in my eyes ....................so I think that expanding the traditional format or label is in the spirit of creative music making and I would not like to feel restricted by a simple genre or work like classical .:eek:
For example much of the music that is considered classical started off in the genre we would call popular or something similar................however after the passage of time it was not so much traditional .......more it was work which was proof of the excellence of it's time
and it stood the test of time as it was then was still popular hence it became a classic of its time.
There then becomes a problem with looking at a definition of classical...............much of the music that is classical to most people is of a certain time period and as such music that sounds like that might to the casual listener be defined as classical. However, that could be looked upon as a mistake in thinking. Classic music of different time periods could be regarded as classic and not have he same form. There is also the problem of music written today with the same form as the traditional format of classical music.
Personally I find the genre Classical too restricting...........The form of a piece of music does not need to have the classical tag to be a classic and the idea of writing to a classical format is too restricting in my eyes ....................so I think that expanding the traditional format or label is in the spirit of creative music making and I would not like to feel restricted by a simple genre or work like classical .:eek:
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It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
