Classical

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Maurizio Pollini

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Jan 7 Thursday 7 January 2010
Beethoven & Schumann: Symphony No. 4 at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Morton H. Meyerson… Dallas TX, United States 32.790818 -96.797088	Add shout
Jan 8 Friday 8 January 2010
Beethoven & Schumann: Symphony No. 4 at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Morton H. Meyerson… Dallas TX, United States 32.790818 -96.797088	Add shout
Jan 9 Saturday 9 January 2010
Minnesota Orchestra	Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Beethoven & Schumann: Symphony No. 4 at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Morton H. Meyerson… Dallas TX, United States 32.790818 -96.797088	Add shout
Jan 10 Sunday 10 January 2010
Symphonic Brass Spectacular at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas Symphony Orchestra	Morton H. Meyerson… Dallas TX, United States 32.790818 -96.797088	Add shout
Jan 12 Tuesday 12 January 2010
Hilary Hahn's Bach Party at (le) poisson rouge Hilary Hahn	(le) poisson rouge New York, United States 40.728617 -74.000111	1 person attending Add shout

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Usher- wrote:
8 days ago

Monogram Belt Buckle

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Courage1985 wrote:
8 days ago

Bach - awesome composer!

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Lizoraga wrote:
14 days ago

Spinto Tenor Gari Glaysher singing Live and interviewed on radio today Dec 20th at 12pm Miday UK time http://www.linkfm.net/about.php

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Luuttuaja wrote:
17 days ago

Yeah, most of the compositions are in PD, but the performing artists do have the copyrights too, which means only recordings older than 50 years are in PD (in Europe).

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JarPetNee wrote:
22 days ago

why isnt everything with this tag free to play off last fm? I'd imagine itd be in the public domain

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Frubeling wrote:
26 days ago

"hipsters trying to look like intellectuals " Hurr hurr hurr, so I'm not allowed to enjoy something because it makes me a pseudo-intellectual?

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KuroSabbath wrote:
27 days ago

Beethoven pwns.

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pedrosanta wrote:
November 2009

assMEN, reality check: you suck! Big time!

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FusedOfCourse wrote:
November 2009

You can't tell someone they can't listen to certain music. Perhaps those "hipsters" have appreciation for inherently good music. You need to open up your mind. Can anyone on here tell me who to start with when looking for decent classical Italian music?

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assMEN wrote:
November 2009

boring, monotonous music listened to exclusively by hipsters trying to look like intellectuals

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drjcr2008 wrote:
November 2009

Espero que me disculpen, esta es mi primer nota, y es para disentir con una opinión muy comercial pero inexacta, decir que Bocelli es similar a Pavarotti es una falta de respeto al gran tenor recientemente fallecido. Bocelli es un buen cantante y nada más, Pavarotti fue el último gran tenor lírico. Disculpen los que no estan de acuerdo, es mi opinión.

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The_Magus666 wrote:
November 2009

Tarja Turunen is on here, haha... please take her off the classical section... :D

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primeabbadon wrote:
November 2009

I think we ought to understand the term "tag" - as it is generally accepted, and use it accordingly. Thus, tag or label, should contain only a "brief description given for purposes of identification", and leave little room for subjective interference, at least for the library's sake. Furthermore, "classical" as a tag (in a musical context and again, of general acceptance) would be a "traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste" (Princeton's WordNET). Moreso, I disagree with this website's decision of posting the quasi-unabridged introduction of the "Classical music" article from Wikipedia (just replacing 2-3 words), since we could have all done the exact thing. I was expecting, on the other hand, that a professional musician would take some initiative and write a more particular description of "Classical music". I, for instance, tend to associate "classical" with "symphonic", for a better understanding.

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myrmidonmage wrote:
November 2009

Okay, I've been tagging orchestras appearing in my library with no previous tags as 'classical' - in the popular sense of the word, not as in c1750-1800. This is purely to give a general idea of how much I listen to and is compatible with Last.fm's tag description: 'a broad term that usually refers to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times'. 'Classical' is really the only practical thing I can tag an orchestra with, as undoubtedly there will be variation in the works played. If anyone has any better suggestions (which don't involve changing orchestras as artist names to the relevant composer) I'll be happy to consider them.

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MaidenSlayer wrote:
November 2009

I'd say the best Classical musician is Tchaikovsky. The other two ov my favorite are Chopin and Dvorak.

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prboechat wrote:
October 2009

Razor 747 is some good shit!!!

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Razor745 wrote:
October 2009

This music is some good shit!!!

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Lindajing wrote:
October 2009

Urgh. Classical doesn't just mean orchestral T_____T'''

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handmeups wrote:
October 2009

lol i wasn't expecting philip glass

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Armas_ wrote:
October 2009

Buahahahaha... Why Nightwish? xD Okey! Mozart Beethoven, Rieu and Nightwish? It's funny! Is it modern classical music, yes? If it is true... Where is Apocalyptica?!

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