Western Classical Music Performance and Its Developing in Modern Society

(YOUR NAME (PROFESSOR 'S NAME (COURSE AND SUBJECT (DATE OF SUBMISSION

WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN MODERN SOCIETY

Music has constantly evolved from ancient times to the present era and it represents cultures of both ancient civilizations and modern society The music that modern society enjoys now is music that is a conglomeration of many kinds of music influencing current forms However , one kind of music has barely changed over the years and is still performed much the same way now as it was hundreds of years ago this is classical music . In

the Western World , classical music was lauded for its elegance and quality , as well as its complex musical characteristics . Aside from the way it was performed and the instruments used , there is little or no change at all to this kind of music

The most important elements of Western Classical Music are perfection of form structure , the humanitarian continence and aesthetic ideals (Telenet ) It has basic qualities that are common with all kinds of western classical music these include , an aesthetically chosen pre-designed sequence of sounds , an ascending pattern , a sound scale consisting on the average of 8 sounds , give and take , dependence on the rules of harmony or polyphony , an absence of pre-designed traditional motifs for a chosen scale or tonality , a beginning that is based on a pitch pre-fixed by Western standards , basis on a written score with little or no improvisation from the performer , and a score that is written according to the Western International...