What makes music classical?

[Jerome]

nice one Gryphon...an interesting answer to an equally interesting question....would be interested in Jerome's answer to this one also.

I pretty much agree with what Mr G said. It's music that has stood the test of time. A very long time.

[Mrrusty1]

yes that is a difficult question how does one define classical..because some very early traditional world music goes back for centuries ..and on the other hand there is new orchestral music being written to this very day.. so how do we define classical.. by age .. by instrumental content or by style of arrangement or composition?

[Music Head]

I've always had the same question about books

[Mrrusty1]

Well there have been a number of rock albums that fused with classical music for instance .Concerto for group and orchestra by deep purple (John lord was a trained classical pianist)...and Days of future passed by the Moody Blues ...
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[SteveO]

Another epic example of classical rock would be of course the fantastical group Emerson, Lake and Palmer !!!!!

Well there have been a number of rock albums that fused with classical music for instance .Concerto for group and orchestra by deep purple (John lord was a trained classical pianist)...and Days of future passed by the Moody Blues ...
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[Mrrusty1]

yes ELP were very classical in their way