Popular classic

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Popular classical refers to a genre of popular music . Popular classical music includes melodies from serious music , which are widely known through their use at popular music events , request concerts, as marching music , as background music in supermarkets, in commercials and as telephone ring tones .

Popular classical music can also be found on numerous sampler CDs ("Best of ...", "The most beautiful melodies of ..."). Often these are compilations of old recordings from the archives of the record companies that are of little historical significance.

It is characteristic of popular classical music that individual, well-known pieces, parts or movements of classical compositions are torn out of their context and presented in isolation, whereby artistic aspects such as interpretation or faithfulness to the work are mostly neglected. It is not uncommon for the original work to be altered, for example through a new arrangement or (re) instrumentation, shortening or compilation into potpourris .

Performers of popular classical music often play new compositions with catchy melodies that imitate classical music in the style. Some groups like Rondò Veneziano , a project by the Italian composer Gian Piero Reverberi with a pseudo- baroque orchestra and modern rhythm section, only play such new compositions.

Jazz interpretations of classical works, e.g. B. the Bach interpretations of the French pianist Jacques Loussier , or experimental electronic versions such as that of Walter / Wendy Carlos transform the models creatively and playfully and can therefore only be classified as part of popular classical music to a limited extent, the arrangements of which are mostly guided by commercial aspects .

Popular templates

The following works are often used as templates for popular classical music:

Performers

Well-known performers of popular classical music are:

See also: Easy Listening

literature

  • Nina Polaschegg: Popular Classics - Classics Popular. Listener structures and distribution media in transition. Böhlau-Verlag, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2005