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What does classical music mean?
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| classical music - traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste | ||
| classical, serious music | ||
| music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre an expressive style of music | ||
| chamber music serious music performed by a small group of musicians | ||
| opera a building where musical dramas are performed | ||
| 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 | ||
| rondo, rondeau a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | ||
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classical music
A traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste.
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Classical music, in its orchestral form, usually focuses on stringed instruments. Violins, violas, cellos, and double basses are all string instruments; together, a balanced group of these instruments makes an "orchestra". An orchestra has a conductor who sets the tempo (speed), and directs the orchestra with gestures while they play a piece, or a song.
For some pieces, a "symphonic orchestra" is needed. A symphonic orchestra is made up of stringed instruments, brass instruments, percussion (such as drums), and woodwinds. Brass instruments include the trumpet, trombone, french horn, and tuba. Woodwind instruments include the clarinet, flute, oboe and bassoon.
Classical music also exists in a "chamber" form. Small groups of players (up to 10) play in smaller rooms without a conductor. Lots of classical music is for very small combinations; single players on many instruments including the piano, duets for two players, trios for three and quartets for four players. The string quartet (two violins, one viola and one cello) is a very well-established type of quartet.
Voices often appear in classical music; in opera (staged drama set to music) and oratorio (like opera but without staging) and in songs, either with orchestral or chamber accompaniment. Classical music has a strong relationship with the church - it is true to say that all classical music can trace its roots back either to the need to dance and celebrate or the need to praise God.
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