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Word Origin & History
classical music
1836, defined originally against romantic music; later contrasted to jazz (in this sense more often with ref. to the orchestras than to the music itself). Later in contrast to popular music generally.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Classical music
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
classical music definition
A loose expression for European and American music of the more serious kind, as opposed to popular or folk music.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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