The instruments used in most classical music were largely invented before the mid-19th century (often much earlier), and codified in the 18th and 19th centuries. The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 1836. The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to "canonize" the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age. This leaves less room for practices such as improvisation and ad libitum ornamentation, that are frequently heard in non-European art music (compare Indian classical music and Japanese traditional music) and popular music. Western staff notation is used by composers to prescribe to the performer the pitch, speed, meter, individual rhythms and exact execution of a piece of music. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 15, which is known as the common practice period.Įuropean music is largely distinguished from many other non-European and popular musical forms by its system of staff notation, in use since about the 16th century. Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum FairyĬlassical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times. Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee Mozart - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Classical Music - A Masterpiece Collection
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