Welcome to the Classical Music section of my website.

The content that you will find here is by no means exhaustive, nor do I make any claim for it to be so. But this is some of the music that is  very  dear to me, and I hope you like it too. The contents include the great masters like Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms as well as other less heralded (maybe) but no less genii   like Schubert, Liszt, Schumann and the like.

I shall be grateful to anybody who can contribute any music to be added to this site so that other people can enjoy these immortal    masterpieces as well.  Please feel free to browse the entire music section and leave comments so that I can continually strive to make improvements to the site.  Your  music contribution and comments will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.  

Classical Music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, Western art, ecclesiastical and concert  music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to the 21st century. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period. It is still played by many of today's musicians.

When used as a synonym for Western art music, the term encompasses a range of musical styles and approaches, ranging from    compositional techniques (such as fugue) to entertaining operettas.

European classical 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. his leaves less room for practices, such as improvisation and ad libitum  ornamentation, that are frequently heard in non-European art musics (compare Indian classical music and Japanese traditional music), and popular music.

The major time divisions of classical music are the early period (which includes Medieval (476 – 1400) and Renaissance (1400 – 1600)); the Common practice period (which includes Baroque (1600 – 1750), Classical (1730 – 1820), and Romantic periods (1815 – 1910)); and  the modern and contemporary period which includes 20th century classical (1900 – 2000) and contemporary classical (1975 – current).