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Question

If you are a musician or know a lot about classical music, could you please tell me if you generalize by saying that all music from the 16-17, and some 1800s music was all called 'classical,' or do are specific by saying "this piece was not classical, it was baroque, or romantic, etc? Do you understand what I am trying to ask?

Answer 1

Yes the Reneissance period came first of the important ones. Then the Baroque(like Handle and Bach), then Classical(like Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven), then Romantic(like Beethoven, Schubert, etc...) These are not limited to these people, but those are just some examples. (I put Beethoven in both because he was in both and started the Romantic, he was the transition between Classical and Romantic). Most ppl just simple say classical on all these periods, however, they have exact names- don't ask me why! I personally don't see anything romantic about berlioz's music, but it was just the period. Even if there were a composer in 1850, which was the Romantic period, who composed purely classical; he would still be called a Romantic artist.

Answer 2

This can be confusing... There is 'classical music', which is a VERY broad and loose description of pretty much any music from any era that is not considered popular. Right or wrong, this is what most mean when they say 'classical music'.

Then there are the eras of music. The classical era runs from around the death of Bach, 1750, to the early 1800's. The Baroque era was before and the romantic era was after.

So, LOTS of music can be generally referred to as 'classical music', or music specifically in a certain time period can be called 'classical'. Certainly, it's more correct to refer to the eras, but most people will use 'classical' in the general sense.

Answer 3

Although I haven't been involved with the terminology of music theory for some time, when I was in College, as a 2nd year Music Major student I can recall being reprimanded for using the phrase Classical Music for any period other than actual Classical. It's been quite awhile so I don't remember the time-line but Classical was Classical, Romantic was Romantic, Baroque was Baroque, etc. Then of course you have Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Answer 4

i had a test on this kind of stuff in my band class this year and its classified by date that its made-i have a lsit somewhere of all the time periods(major ones at least) all up to modern-found it- 500-1430 is middle ages,1430-1600 is renaissance, 1600-1750 is Baroque, classical was 1750-1820, 1803-1910 was romantic and 1908-present is modern music-hope that helped