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The original was posted on /r/classicalmusic by /u/Dash_Vinci on 2023-10-05 15:55:46.

some accounts suggest classical music is the greatest music of every era, that’s why it has survived over centuries and that’s why it’s “classic”, but it doesn’t represent what classical music is, it’s just defining the feature of classical music which is survivability and greatness, but I can’t show someone Beethoven 5th and claim that’s basically, classical music, because 11th century’s Medieval vocal music is part of Classical music and 20th century Xenakis’s abstract mathematical complicated music is also considered classical music which are just radically different, You can define other genres like Pop and Jazz, because they have basis to define them, but classical music evolved too far beyond, it just broke all rules, and it got to the point we started to questioning what music is, So, Do you have your own definition or definition you like, If you do, I would really want to know