Classical Music

What comes to your mind when someone says 'classical music'? Most people think of posh, elite people who sit around in their million dollar homes, sipping their expensive scotch, reading Yacht Monthly, with what they call 'classical music' playing in the background. What they do not realize is that, classical music, whether they recognise it or not, makes up a big part of our lives.

The music we hear playing in the background everytime Sylvester chases Tweety, or Tom chases Jerry, is The Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky Korsakov.

The main theme of Stanley Kubrick's famous movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, Also Sprach Zarasthura ( the one with the timpany playing), is actually a composition by Richard Strauss.

The universal funeral march, is actually a piece composed by Frederic Chopin.

You know the melody of the alphabet? And of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star? That was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

So, contrary to common belief, not only conservatory students or posh people listen to classical music. I doubt that without Binchois, Bach, Mozart or Chopin, there would any music today.


By the way, people who listen to and love classical music can also listen to other types of music, like hard rock or metal (experience speaking). Don't be prejudiced. ;)