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Classical Music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music (both liturgical and secular). It encompasses a broad period from roughly the 11th century to the present day. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period.
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谱曲者早已代代作古，一页页乐谱也不容辩驳——我所奏的不过是作为美的记忆，是美的消逝。在爵士乐中，乐手们总期待着下一个瞬间的奇迹。而在古典音乐的现场，视角颠倒了。正因它早已不是当下的事件，而是对某刻往昔的再现，使每个瞬间都变得珍贵、迫切起来。一个个音符在触及我们心灵的刹那，又一个接一个成为过去。过去接连着流向过去，直至聆听的尽头；我们就这样在时间的悬置中，完成了对回忆的致敬。所谓现场，不就是这样一种关乎“消逝”的艺术吗？
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― 演奏之外
― 演奏之外
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Like everyone else, Prokofiev assumed that Gershwin wrote songs only for dollars and had to drop his real work to do them. Yet the chances are for at least some of the morning, he'd been listening to George's songs and enjoying them just as much as the "serious" parts. But if he'd known the songs better, he might have realized, as Duke did, that Gershwin just wrote Gershwin, and the dollars he made only helped him to write more Gershwin.
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― The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
― The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
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