Definition: 1. Widely accepted and used for a long time; traditional in style or idea. 2. Simple and attractive. 3. Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste.
Use 'classical' in a sentence:
1. Maurice Murphy, one of the country's leading classical trumpeters, learnt his craft with the Black Dyke Mills band.
2. Classical music has the melody.
3. He numbers among the best classical actors in Britain.
4. Fokine did not change the steps of classical ballet; instead he found new ways of using them.
5. This head must have been found in classical times and carefully preserved.
6. He took up piano lessons, combining standard classical exercises with his own attempts at Gershwin.
7. This classical poem is hard to understand.
8. Many classical violinists and pianists become conductors in their middle years.
9. It's an ancient association from classical poetry.
10. So you enjoyed classical music even when you were very young?
11. The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of classical Chinese poetry.
12. Most classical music sends me to sleep.
13. There's an Indian classical music concert in the evenings as well.
14. The ballet company now occupies the middle ground between classical ballet and modern dance.
15. I told them about my chess play and my classical music collection.
16. His music of that period fused the rhythms of Jazz with classical forms.
17. Last Friday she entranced the audience with her classical Indian singing.
18. Marsalis has a formidable reputation in both jazz and classical music.
19. He studies classical literature , but also takes an interest in history.
20. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.
21. There is classical music playing in the background.
22. She is very fond of Chinese classical literature and has spent some time reading Tang and Song poetry, etc.
23. This album was my first introduction to classical music.
24. He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.
25. Composer Jack Williams will play his latest piece for classical guitar.
26. He plays classical music, as well as pop and jazz.
27. A performer in evening dress plays classical selections on the violin.
28. I whistle melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi and the more popular classical composers.
29. These are classical examples of food allergy.
30. A performer plays classical selections on the violin.
31. She listens to classical music for relaxation.
32. I'm interested in classical architecture.
33. He studied classical architecture and design in Rome.
34. The images were Gothic or Byzantine rather than classical.
35. Remember that concept and that revision of this sort of classical picture.
36. Adam Smith is considered one of the founders of classical economics.
37. I like classical music and ballet.
38. Gardiner has pursued relentlessly high standards in performing classical music.
39. His music fused the rhythms of jazz with classical forms.
40. Only a minority of young people play classical instruments.
41. Classical landscapes were a popular subject with many 18th century painters.
42. To summarize, the Chianti is more classical and the Zinfandel more exciting.
43. He studies classical literature, but also takes an interest in history.
44. 'Swan Lake' is one of the great classical ballets.
45. He had had a classical education.
46. It's a technological achievement that is unrivalled in the classical world.
47. In the field of classical music, he still reigns supreme.
48. Classical dance in its purest form requires symmetry and balance.
49. Researchers have ploughed through 16,000 different pieces of classical, rock and jazz music.
50. Her writing style was reminiscent of ancient classical writers.
51. The radio station has to include a substantial proportion of classical music.
52. They took classical theater and reproduced it in the Renaissance time.
53. The sculptural style of the classical and Hellenistic periods.
54. He is keenly interested in classical English literature.
55. He was also learned in classical music with a great love of opera.
