[RoundTheBend]

Not sure it really could be called a genre... it basically entails ALL music from like 500 AD until today... to not get confused with the time period, those that study it often call it "art music" as seen referenced in the wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music)

Motet, madrigal, or a symphony - it really isn't a genre. I think these are called forms.

Sorry, just had to clarify. (also based on the but there's so much else to listen to... hmmm... somehow the past 70 years just don't mean anything when you talk about music traditions that are over a thousand years old).

Ok rant over.

I totally get why classical music isn't appreciated or listened to. I said it once before, but classical music is often referred to as art music because it is much more cerebral, demands more from the listener, and often emotionally taxing once you get into it.

Probably 90% of all albums on this site are forms of pop music in a broad sense (average of 4 minute songs, easy to listen to, catchy, etc.).

But do you know what - pop music is absolutely fantastic, just like pizza. It's just sometimes I want to eat sushi or a salad.

[AlexZangari]

I've heard the "not a genre" argument plenty before. As far as I'm concerned, it's just a way of maintaining the imagined inherent "betterness" of classical music over contemporary genres. If one truly wants to see classical music listened to more, they should wish death upon the manufactured concept of the high culture/low culture divide. Of course many are quite comfy with the divide, deluded into the belief that it somehow elevates them to a higher class of culture consumer as well.
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[CharlieBarley]

I love classical music. I am listening to Classic FM, a UK radio station right now. Its the middle of the night here. They have Smooth Classics at night, mellow ones to help you nod off.

I have always been a fan of the more popular classics but now I know a smidgeon more, over the last 2 years.

Favourite composers are Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Finzi, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar and a little Einaudi, the little I know I like.

Also like a lot of film scores and even a few video games soundtracks, which though not strictly classical, are modern works which are good to listen to.

[jackbrown8786]

there's actually quite a bit of music I prefer to listen to that I know for a fact isn't in Beethoven's league. like the sex pistols. better than Beethoven? lol no, but I still prefer to listen to them.

it might be partly b/c it's never even really a great composer - IT'S ALWAYS JUST A COVER. essentially, anyway.

also, I love to see how music has changed. how all of the bands are influencing each other and somehow, slowly, the sound of music in general evolves. classical music might still be evolving and music might still be influenced partly by it, but most of the roots of modern music are found in jazz and the beatles.