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• n  traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
• a  of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture
• s  of recognized authority or excellence
  classical methods of navigation
• a  of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
  a classical scholar
• s  (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors
  classical Greek
• s  of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures
  classical mythology
  classical

• classical music
• serious music
• classic
• authoritative
• definitive
• Greco-Roman
• Graeco-Roman
• Hellenic

• nonclassical

News & Articles

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• Classical Magnet School Graduates 81
  97% Of Graduates Continue To College Follow Your Town News On The Courant's Hartford Facebook Page It took a lot more than 15 shaky steps across the Classical Magnet School gym for senior Jacquelyn Santiago to receive her high school diploma.        
  June 16, 2013 - Hartford Courant
• Classical guitar virtuosos at festival
  Strange as it seems, you can hear Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" at the New Mexico Classical Guita ...
  June 16, 2013 - Albuquerque Journal
• Classical music: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cantata Academy Chorale
  The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's season finale is among the highlights of classical music events in metro Detroit from May 30-June 5.
  June 14, 2013 - Detroit Free Press

Quotes

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• Aretha Franklin in The Associated Press
  What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach was to classical music. This is a guy who literally changed the music industry. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music. He... Al Sharpton http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHMyndIUs9OkArt3_4Si2rxKBGuvg CNN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/26/james.brown.dead/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG8wHyI7it8Ot3lc4H-Xvg1zT8VeQ Dec 26, 2006 18222 25690 classical Franklin says in a statement that Rice is a consummate classical pianist" and that since I sing the arias, I thought that we could do something, a bipartisan effort for our favorite charities."
• Kevin Rudd in Haber 27
  I think the reason it's worked ...... is because it's been characterized by a whole lot of good humor, a whole lot of mutual respect, and a whole lot of very classical, undeniable Australian, directness,Rudd said.