1. The Arts In Context, History of
Classical Music Staid, stuffy, formal, boring, old -- these are some of the misconceptions held by the uninitiated. In truth, classical music's aegis covers a vista of inspiration, ecstasy, innovation, tradition, and departure so vast as to establish it forever as the West's colossal monument to art. ... It's no coincidence that the earliest music that we call classical in the West emerged at the same dawn-breaking moment that the shroud of the Dark Ages began to fall away, a millennium ago. ... Which each generation of composer's classical music twisted and turned, expl...
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