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Re: Nomenclature (in the broader sense)

Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2019-10-22 00:15

Sure, the word can be and is used in two separate senses: a particular period and style, and an overall genre of music. But words "mean" what some people intend and others understand when they say, write, hear or read them, and many words can't be pinned down with much specificity because there's not much consensus as to what they mean. "Classical" as a genre sort of resembles Potter Stewart's definition of "pornography" in a Supreme Court opinion ("I know it when I see it," which then resulted in a period of time during which the Supreme Court would privately screen porn movies). It's very hard to define clearly without excluding examples many classical musicians would say should be included when they listen to them.

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