Re: Your Desert Island for Life Music Style
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Originally Posted by TogakureOjonin
By "Classical," I meant music from the four traditionally recognized periods of "classical" music: the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Impressionistic (or Contemporary) periods. Bach to Beethoven to Chopin to Debussy, etc.. Gershwin is towards the tail end of the last (some might say that he's just beyond the end of the Contemporary period).
This is how classical music was defined for me in my days of focused music study/training with the Music Teachers Association of California, 1968 - 1981.
Thanks.
I am afraid that I am a musical philistine, despite liking Classical music. ~D