[lbo-talk] "Classical" -- music terminology

[Miles Jackson]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, joanna bujes wrote:

> Well, thinking of the musical progressions, I am familiar with, I would
> hazard the definition that "classical" can also mean a level of maturity
> in the evolution of a musical form when constitutive elements of that
> form have been articulated/distilled and which can therefore be
> musically investigated for further formal possibilities.
>
> It's a bit overwrought, but ...
>
> Joanna

And don't forget "classic rock": don't most big cities in the
U. S. have the classic rock station that plays Zep, Stones,
Beatles, Hendrix?  --To put in the the simplest terms, for
most people, classic = old stuff people still remember.

Miles