classical music

English

Etymology

classical +‎ music

Noun

classical music (usually uncountable, plural classical musics)

1. (music) Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic.
2. (music) The more serious forms of music, taught through formal education and performed according to strict rules, as opposed to folk music or popular music.

Translations

music of the classical period

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古典音樂／古典音乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè), 古典音乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè), 古典樂／古典乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎnyuè), 古典乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎnyuè)

• Danish: klassisk musik c
• Finnish: klassinen musiikki
• French: musique classique (fr) f
• Galician: música clásica (gl) f
• Georgian: კლასიკური მუსიკა (ḳlasiḳuri musiḳa)
• German: Klassik (de) f
• Greek: κλασική μουσική f (klasikí mousikí)
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• Italian: musica classica f
• Macedonian: класицистичка музика f (klasicistička muzika)
• Manx: ard-chiaull
• Maori: puoro ōkawa
• Portuguese: música clássica (pt) f
• Romanian: muzică clasică f
• Russian: класси́ческая му́зыка (ru) f (klassíčeskaja múzyka)
• Spanish: música clásica f

the more serious forms of European and American music

• Arabic: مُوسِيقَى كْلَاسِيكِيَّة f (mūsīqā klāsikiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古典音樂／古典音乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè), 古典音乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎn yīnyuè), 古典樂／古典乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎnyuè), 古典乐 (zh) (gǔdiǎnyuè)

• Danish: klassisk musik c
• Finnish: klassinen musiikki
• French: musique classique (fr) f
• Galician: música clásica (gl) f
• German: Klassik (de) f, klassische Musik f
• Hungarian: komolyzene (hu), klasszikus zene
• Ido: klasika muziko
• Italian: musica classica f
• Japanese: クラシック音楽 (kurashikku-ongaku), 古典音楽 (こてんおんがく, koten-ongaku)
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• Kannada: ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಗೀತ (kn) (śāstrīya saṅgīta)
• Korean: 고전 음악 (gojeon eum-ak) (古典音樂 (ko))
• Macedonian: класична музика f (klasična muzika)
• Manx: ard-chiaull
• Maori: puoro ōkawa
• Polish: muzyka poważna f
• Portuguese: música clássica (pt) f
• Russian: класси́ческая му́зыка (ru) f (klassíčeskaja múzyka), кла́ссика (ru) f (klássika)
• Spanish: música clásica f
• Tamil: பழம்பெரும் இசை செவ்விசை (paḻamperum icai cevvicai)
• Vietnamese: nhạc cổ điển, âm nhạc cổ điển (音樂古典)

See also

• early music
• romantic music
• world music