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"There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original" - Joseph Haydn

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So, that's my take on Classical Music and the canon! If you don't like classical music, then you probably just haven't heard the right song yet! Don't be so quick to give up on it entirely. It might just surprise you!

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"History is written by the victors" - Winston Churchill

I guess the best way of interpreting that is to think about the last time you read an article in a history book that was written from the perspective of the people who lost every battle!
Go on, I'll wait. . . .

The same can be applied to music. It's primarily the most influential musicians that change the course of history with their works, so it's basically the equivalent of saying the vast majority of the most popular classical music you hear today is the "elite" classical music.

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UNT has an amazing music program, and although I'm not a prat of the music program here, I still enjoy using the facilities when I get the opportunity, so here's a picture of my violin case (yes, it's the same one I've had since 5th grade) while I was waiting outside a practice room!

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Here's a VIP, all inclusive, backstage pass into my spotify playlist that I mentioned before! I'm a bit picky about what music I put into this particular playlist, so I'm sure this says a lot about my taste in Classical Music! *proceeds to psychoanalyze music tastes*

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A playlist featuring London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and others

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"Mhmmmm. . . And how does that make you feel??"

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"Mhmmmm. . . And how does that make you feel??"

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I'm generally pretty happy and relaxed when I listen to the classical station, and this time was no different. I suppose it's different for people who aren't really involved with this style of music, and it might be heard in a completely different way, and that's perfectly fine. Personally, I like being able to hear certain musical phrasings in pieces, and picture it being used in different settings, and that typically makes me appreciate the music even more!

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I actually listen to WRR101.1 quite a bit. I believe the last song that I listened to was written by a Swedish composer by the name of Lars-Erik Larson, and it was his "Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 45 No. 3" It's a fairly upbeat song, and I actually hadn't heard of this particular composer until ten, but I'm very glad I did.

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Swedish Clarinetist Staffan Mårtensson playing third movement of Concertino op 45:3 for clarinet and strings by Lars-Erik Larsson. With Wiener Concert-Verein, conductor Alessandro Maria Carnelli, in Arona, Italy, Feb 23, 2013. Second half of a concert that also included the Clarinet Concertino by Busoni.

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Hey there! Okay, so here's a page about Western Art, or "Classical Music", but before we get to all the good bits, I want to get past the formal side, i.e., "Legal Stuff".

Okay, for starters, I kind of LOVE classical music. If you;re following along with my other posts, (which you definitely should be) then you know that I play violin, and have done so for quite some time. Personally, I define Classical Music as the beginning of the music revolution. My Spotify playlist, titled "The Originals", (rightfully so, I believe) contains all of my classical songs from popular composers like Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Holst, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and a few others. I feel as though classical composers paved the foundation of what music has become today. Almost every aspect of music can be tied with some aspect of Classical Music. From this, we get the idea of the canon, whick I think closely relates to the higher status association that we feel whenever we find ourselves listening to this particular genre of music. It's as if the music that most people associate with now is a more diluted version of what was created back then, which would explain why listening to Classical Music is almost an acquired taste!

Here's my interpretation of the Western Art Music Canon.