Part one of term paper
“The term classical is confusing because it has so many different meanings. Many people take classical music to mean anything that is not rock, jazz, folk or popular music.” I used to have a firm belief in the previous statement. I used to believe that all Western Europe concert music not from the Twentieth Century was classic. As it ...

Part two of term paper
... old, I truly believed that it was boring. Growing up in my generation, who would want to hear music from one or two hundred years ago? In addition, the music from that time was long and mainly instrumental. Some pieces would be fifteen to forty-five minutes long! Today, songs are mostly three to four minutes. They are short and to the point. In many aspects, this “classical music” would take some time to get used to. My Music Appreciation class gave me knowledge I needed to understand musi ...