ALL meanings of classical music
clas·si·cal mu·sic
C c - noun classical music a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form 3
- noun classical music any style of music based on long-established principles of composition and polyphony and marked by stability of form, intellectualism, and restraint 3
- noun classical music musical style: formal 1
- noun classical music musical genre of Mozart's era 1
- noun classical music (music) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic. 0
- noun classical music (music) The more serious forms of music, taught through formal education and performed according to strict rules, as opposed to folk music or popular music. 0
- noun classical music Synonym of Western classical music. 0