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 +"[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] and [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]], the creators of the [[instrumental music]] of today, show us the art for the first time in its full glory; the one who has looked on it with an all-embracing love and penetrated its innermost being is — [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]]! The instrumental compositions of all three masters breathe the same [[romantic music|romantic spirit]]."--"[[Beethoven's Instrumental-Musik]]" (1813) by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to "[[canonize]]" the period from [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] to [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] as a golden age. 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 [[Ludwig van Beethoven|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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-==Relationship to other music traditions== 
-:''[[Classical music and popular music]]'' 
-===Popular music=== 
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-Classical music has often incorporated elements or material from popular music. Examples include occasional music such as [[Brahms]]' use of student [[drinking song]]s in his ''[[Academic Festival Overture]]'', genres exemplified by [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', and the influence of jazz on early- and mid-twentieth century composers including [[Maurice Ravel]], exemplified by the movement entitled "[[Blues]]" in [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Ravel)]], his sonata for violin and piano. Certain [[Postmodern music|postmodern]], [[Minimalist music|minimalist]] and [[Postminimalism|postminimalist]] classical composers acknowledge a debt to popular music. 
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-Mumerous examples show influence in the opposite direction, including popular songs based on classical music, the use to which ''[[Pachelbel's Canon#Pachelbel's canon in popular culture|Pachelbel's Canon]]'' has been put since the 1970s, and the musical [[Crossover (music)|crossover]] phenomenon, where classical musicians have achieved success in the popular music arena. 
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-===Folk music=== 
-Composers of classical music have often made use of [[folk music]] (music created by musicians who are commonly not classically trained, often from a purely oral tradition). Some composers, like [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]] and [[Bedřich Smetana|Smetana]], have used folk themes to impart a nationalist flavor to their work, while others (like [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]) have used specific themes lifted whole from their folk-music origins. 
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-==Commercialism== 
-Certain staples of classical music are often used commercially (either in advertising or in movie soundtracks). In television commercials, several passages have become clichéd, particularly the opening of [[Richard Strauss]]' ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]'' (made famous in the film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'') and the opening section "O Fortuna" of [[Carl Orff]]'s ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]''; other examples include the ''[[Dies Irae]]'' from the [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]] Requiem, [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[In the Hall of the Mountain King]]'' from ''[[Peer Gynt]]'', the opening bars of [[Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 5]], [[Wagner]]'s ''[[Ride of the Valkyries]]'' from ''[[Die Walküre]]'', [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s "[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]", and excerpts of [[Aaron Copland]]'s ''[[Rodeo (ballet)|Rodeo]]''. Shawn Vancour argues that the commercialization of classical music in the early 20th century served to harm the music industry through inadequate representation. 
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-Similarly, movies and television often revert to standard, [[cliché]]d snatches of classical music to convey refinement or opulence: some of the most-often heard pieces in this category include [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Serenade No. 13 (Mozart)|Eine kleine Nachtmusik]]'', [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]]'s ''[[The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|Four Seasons]]'', [[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]'s ''[[Night on Bald Mountain]]'' (as orchestrated by [[Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]]), and [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]'s ''[[William Tell Overture]]''. 
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"Mozart and Haydn, the creators of the instrumental music of today, show us the art for the first time in its full glory; the one who has looked on it with an all-embracing love and penetrated its innermost being is — Beethoven! The instrumental compositions of all three masters breathe the same romantic spirit."--"Beethoven's Instrumental-Musik" (1813) by E. T. A. Hoffmann

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Classical 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. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period.

European 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. 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. This leaves less room for practices such as improvisation and ad libitum ornamentation, which are frequently heard in non-European art music and popular music.

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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