Art music
Videos
Art music is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. It typically implies advanced structural and theoretical considerations or a written musical tradition. In this context, the terms "se
Beethoven's autographic sketch for his Piano Sonata No. 28, Movement IV, Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit (Allegro). He completed the piece in 1816.
High culture
Videos
In a society, high culture encompasses cultural objects of aesthetic value that a society collectively highly esteems. It can include works of art, history, and philosophy that a society considers res
Art music
…Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. It typically implies advanced structural and theoretical considerations or a written musical tradition. In this context, the terms "serious" or…
The Creation of Adam, from Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling – an example of high culture
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece
T. S. Eliot
A painting by Ming Dynasty artist Chen Hongshou showing a scholar-gentleman (literai) with a guqin, a Chinese musical instrument