when did classical music begin?

Question

what is the classical date of the musics begining?

Answer 1

Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. The central norms of this tradition, according to one school of thought, developed between 1550 and 1820, focusing on what is known as the common practice period.

The term classical music did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to "canonize" the period from Bach to Beethoven as an era in music parallel to the golden age of sculpture, architecture and art of classical antiquity (from which no music has directly survived). The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 1836. Since that time the term has come in common parlance to mean the opposite of popular music.

Answer 2

I looked it up in my Oxford Companion To Classical Music. This is what it says;

CLASSICAL. In connection with music the word is unfortunately used in several ways.

1. It is used as a distinguishing adjective for all that large class of music (roughly from the end of the sixteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century) in which a more or less consciously accepted formulalistic scheme of designs is evident, with an emphasis on elements of proportion and of beauty as such - as distinguished from that class in which the main objective appears to be the expression of emotion, or even the representation in tone of ideas which usually receive, not a musical, but rather a literary or pictorial expression. The antithesis here is 'Romantic'. Protests have sometimes been uttered against this application of the word 'Classical', and not without cogent argument, but it is very generally accepted, and such use (i.e. its use as antithetical to 'Romantic) dates back at least as far as 1820, when the Romantic movement in the arts was in full swing. It is probably the sense in which nine out of ten musicians use the word. It seems impossible to displace this use, and if it were displaced no accepted general term would be found to exist to describe the music prior to the advent of the Romantic school. On practical grounds then, it seems that the dichotomy Classical-Romantic should continue to be allowed.

2. It is frequently used as a label to distinguish what is obviously of more or less established and permanent value from what is ephemeral.

3. Amongst less educated people 'Classical' is used in antithesis to 'Popular' ("Do you like classical music"? "No, I like something with a tune in it")

I have to confess I have no idea what all the above means, but I think 'classical music' as we know it dates back to the 1100's when monks started singing in two part harmony, otherwise known as Gregorian Chant, and 'plainsong' became the first time music was written down/annotated.

Most of what you will hear on Classic FM is in fact Baroque Music (J.S.Bach, Vivaldi, Handel etc.) so I suppose that confuses people as to what Classical Music actually is.

Personally, I'm happy to go along with the idea that any music performed without the aid of electricity is Classical Music, unless it is a pipe organ.

I may be a complete charlatan though!

Answer 3

The classical period in western music began around 1730 to 1820. There was a huge overlap at both ends though. Baroque music was 1600 to 1760, so a 30year overlap and the Romantic period started 1815, 5 years before the classical period was officially over. Composers from the era include Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and C.P.E. Bach.

Answer 4

Music historians say that Western music began with gregorian chants in the 9th century AD. This would be the earliest type of fine art music, also called "classical music," as opposed to music for pure entertainment, which would have been troubadore style music.

Answer 5

There's no certain date of birth of classical music. The dates used for musical eras roughly match the birth and death of major composers, or correspond to major historical events.
Here are 3 major periods often categorized as "classical":
-Baroque Era, ca. 1580-1750 (some people separated the 1500s as the Renaissance Era)
-Classical Era, ca. 1750-1810
-Romantic Era, ca.1790-1910

Answer 6

I think classical music began in the on the 16th century where renaissance take place on europe

Answer 7

yesterday fool where have you been?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

like in the 10's duh