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Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Post by nitrogen »

fortran77 wrote: post #19
twelvechairs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even that link draws a distinction between the 'classical period' (what you linked to) and 'classical music' (a much broader range and the terminology parent commenter used)

Listen, if you want to call all Western Art music "classical" go right ahead. In fact, pop stuff like "Andrea Bocelli" and "The Piano Guys" gets lumped into "classical" too.

Knowingly and insistently using a different jargon/vernacular from a person with whom you want to communicate isn't going to get you far.

Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Post by TotempaaltJ »

fortran77 wrote: post #19
twelvechairs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even that link draws a distinction between the 'classical period' (what you linked to) and 'classical music' (a much broader range and the terminology parent commenter used)

Listen, if you want to call all Western Art music "classical" go right ahead. In fact, pop stuff like "Andrea Bocelli" and "The Piano Guys" gets lumped into "classical" too.

It's fine that _you_ won't stand for it, but for the general population Bach _is_ considered classical and your comment reads as if you're denying that.

Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Post by dmix »

fortran77 wrote: post #19
twelvechairs wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even that link draws a distinction between the 'classical period' (what you linked to) and 'classical music' (a much broader range and the terminology parent commenter used)

Listen, if you want to call all Western Art music "classical" go right ahead. In fact, pop stuff like "Andrea Bocelli" and "The Piano Guys" gets lumped into "classical" too.

Sounds like a pointless hill to die on IMO, even if it is technically accurate. With language there's always plenty of context which humans are smart enough to make distinctions from.

I've never understood why people selectively allow broad context for most things, except for some pet subjects. The label programmers vs developers vs engineers is a good example, when the majority of people know what you're referring to. Making the distinction insignificant far more often than not.

Edit: Do you think Google really has 1700 "engineers" working on the coronavirus testing website? (probably not, that likely includes UX, designers, management, etc). Does it matter to the expected audience? (no).

Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Post by nl »

fortran77 wrote: post #15

Some might consider J.S. Bach to be "Baroque" not "Classical." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

That link in the very first sentence links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music which includes the Baroque era and explicitly mentions Bach: Important composers of this era include Johann Sebastian Bach...

Re: Vienna Opera opened its archive for free streaming

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Post by krustyburger »

theAS wrote: post #28

Is there a website or channel or radio , which plays these classsics from various websites randomly ? like a FM radio.

I listen to a stream of a Los Angeles station called KUSC all the time. It’s a fantastic station (unless they’re doing a pledge drive, but don’t worry, they just did one) and it’s comforting that it’s the same hosts no matter where I travel.

Asking to play it works across all major devices and platforms.

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