classical music

NOUN

serious music

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chamber music

WEAK

art music classic concert music longhair music operatic music semiclassical music symphonic music

Example Sentences

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Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

The wider public discovered Monroe, sporting long braided hair, in a TV talent show dedicated to young classical music virtuosos.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

I wanted to be out and about, and he wanted me to play classical music on the piano.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He would slip in after dark, and we’d stay up late talking about his family in Iran, classical music and the particular pressure of being the son someone sacrificed everything to bring here.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

What if the legal community took a page from the classical music world?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell