Re: "...Classical Music what are your thoughts about it?"
Today the term itself is actually misused to label most, but not all, European musics employing western musical instruments, tertian triadic harmony, and ending about the time of Beethoven's first few symphonic compositions.
I, too, misuse the term in the same way, so as not to make an impression on others of being an "egghead"
, but in colloquial speech almost all European musical forms beginning with the composer Palestrina, and continuing on through to the modern works of Charles Ives & others, are kind of "thrown into the mix" and called "Classical".
I personally consider it the greatest musical art form in history; which is somewhat arguable when the classical forms of ancient India are compared to it, yet the almost universal acceptance and love for our European Classical forms across the globe from places as culturally different as India, Japan, Korea, and China, would seem to give evidence backing my opinion. The Classical music of India is probably much more complex and difficult to perform than our western model, but at the same time hasn't found a receptive audience as has our western music.
Much academic argument has been made over the question of "Could Jews actually originate "Classical" music, or are they simply geniuses at performing the music which they themselves could not create?" The evidence, in my opinion, seems to side with the Jews for the most part being unable to "create" these forms, if for no other reason being that the development of all western music forms were inextricably linked first to the Church of Rome, and later on linked to the Protestant Church. Few Jews during those times were on an "equal" social basis in Europe, and this meant that only the "most assimilated" among them were allowed apprenticeship and study within the musical culture of Europe. It's not a 100% argument, but for the most part Classical Music owes its creative genius to Italy, Germany, Austria, and England.
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