classical music
noun[U]
uk/ˌklæs.ɪ.kəl ˈmjuː.zɪk/us/ˌklæs.ɪ.kəl ˈmjuː.zɪk/A2
musicthat isconsideredto bepartof along,formaltraditionand to havelastingvalue:
古典音乐Do youpreferclassicalmusiclike Mozart and Mahler, orpop?你喜欢莫扎特和马勒这样的古典音乐，还是流行音乐？
Classicalmusicwasplayingsoftlyin thebackground.古典音乐在背景中轻轻地播放。
- This is acommercialstationdevotedtoclassicalmusic.
- Somecriticswereshockedwhen heexperimentedwithpopratherthanstayingwithclassicalmusic.
- I'm not verybigonclassicalmusic.
- In theclassicalmusicworldthesedays,authenticinstrumentsare where it's at.
Types of music
- ambient music
- anthemic
- atonal
- baroque
- beatbox
- EDM
- electro
- electronica
- electropop
- elegiac
- non-classical
- non-country
- non-tonal
- opera
- orchestral
- trip-hop
- twelve-bar blues
- unaccompanied
- upbeat
- Wagnerian