The World as I see it.

I was at a friend’s this weekend and just happened to notice his music collection. As I was looking at a particular CD of his, he told me he listens to “Classical Music” every weekend to unwind. There was something about the way he said Classical Music that I found offensive. By looking at him as he said it, there was some pride he obviously attached to the fact that he listens to classical music.  I was angry for very personal reasons. I asked what Classical Music was - just to justify the not-so-nice things I was feeling at the time - and he said it was the most civilized genre of music. I was surprised at his answer for it proved ignorance on a higher scale than I expected. From him I was expecting a more sensible definition. Something more like the very particular genre of music related to or originating from the ancient Greeks and Romans. Just like Classics as a discipline covers the History, Literature, Architecture and yes - you guessed - and a particular composition of music of the ancient Greeks and Romans.  Music of this kind is called Classical Music. Obviously to him, Classical means best. If to him music by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Jacques Offenbach, Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Adams and Frederic Chopin is the best - I beg to differ.

Below is my Classical Music