classical music
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His playing has the stateliness of classical music, which makes his many funny lines more noticeable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The new curtain is not the artist’s first brush with classical music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Clark still listens to music every day -- mostly classical music and jazz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kossuth's frequencies were instead broadcasting classical music station Bartok Radio, according to AFP news agency.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
I hope to show in these final two chapters that, despite taking the odd experimental cul-de-sac on its journey, classical music has been alive and well since Reginald Fessenden’s test broadcast.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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