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classical music [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classical Music
  • Musicology
DEF

... music composed in the European tradition of written music as developed from early Christian church music, especially works composed during the last 300 years or so.

CONT

She prefers classical music to popular or folk music.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique classique
  • Musicologie
DEF

Musique des grands auteurs de la tradition musicale occidentale (opposé à folklorique, légère, de variété).

CONT

Préférer le jazz à la musique classique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Classical Music
  • Musicology
DEF

... music of the 18th century European composers such as Mozart and Haydn, as distinct from the Romantic music of composers like Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique classique
  • Musicologie
OBS

[...] d'une période arbitrairement limitée (XVIIIe s.), dont J.-S. [Johann Sebastian] Bach est le principal représentant, et qui inclut une partie de la musique baroque, excluant le romantisme.

Spanish

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