semiclassical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to music by classical composers that is familiar or appealing to the general public.
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of or relating to music intermediate in style between classical and popular music.
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"Plenty of groups have tried to do this before us. It's known that certain complicated quantum systems could be solved efficiently with a semiclassical approach," Marino says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
TWA is one such semiclassical approach that dates back to the 1970s, but is limited to isolated, idealized quantum systems where no energy is gained or lost.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025
His score for a movie short about the primitive artist Grandma Moses, orchestrated by Mr. Wilder, became the semiclassical “New England Suite.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2011
Bach to Klezmer, including the premiers of Yankelev’s arrangement of “My Yiddishe Mama” and baritone Shouvik Mondle’s rendition of traditional Hindu semiclassical music.
From Washington Post
In the scientific and classical divisions, natural history and drawing were also given, and Latin and Greek were presented in the classical and semiclassical gymnasiums.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
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