Classical of Music

Classical music is a broad understanding that usually refers to music created in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art, Christian music, and orchestral music, covering the period from about the 9th century to the 21st century.

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European classical music is distinguished from non-European forms of music and popular music, especially by a system of musical notation, which has been used since around the 16th century. Western musical notation used by composers to provide guidance to carriers about the musical pitch, speed, meter, individual rhythms and exact nature of a piece of music. This limits the existence of practices such as improvisation and ad libitum ornamentation is frequently heard in non-European music and popular music.

Since the 2nd century and 3rd century BC, in China and Egypt there is music that has a certain shape. By getting the influence of Egyptian and Babylonian, Hebrew music that developed later evolved into Church music.

The music was then favored by the public, because of the musicians who loiter and sing songs that are used in church ceremonies. The music was spread all over Europe has grown, and instrumental music developed rapidly after no improvement in musical instruments such as violin and cello. Orgel then timbulah instrument. Great composers emerged in Germany, France, Italy, and Russia. In the 19th century, a sense of nationhood began to wake up and grow. Therefore, the development of music broken out by nationality respectively, although at first both Romantic style. Music by Aristotle has the ability to reconcile a troubled heart has recreational therapy and foster patriotism. Start of the 20th century, France became the pioneer with the impressionistic music soon replaced with the music. 

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