classical

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McClain grew up studying classical music and began playing guitar as a teenager; he got his start in the music industry as a session player for the likes of Lionel Richie and Gladys Knight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

British conductor Daniel Harding, who combines classical music with being a part-time commercial airline pilot, has landed the top job with one of the leading orchestras in the US.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Buried under the capital’s broad avenues, however, are a series of public spaces eschewing classical ornament yet achieving something rarer—a monumental and timeless civic dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The term quantum advantage refers to quantum’s doing something “cheaper, faster, or more accurately” than classical computers, by Gambetta’s definition.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Because it did not exist in classical Latin discooperio never established itself as a respectable term; in any case, discovery was such a new concept that at first it required explication.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton