Classical music
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Classical music is a term with three distinct meanings:
- The European tradition of music which is associated with high culture, as distinct from popular or folk forms (including works in this tradition in non-European countries).
- That tradition as well as similar non-European traditions.
- A particular stage in the development of the European art music tradition, centered in the late 18th century.
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. The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 1836.
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