classicals

as inmusic

Synonyms for classicals

noun sounds that are pleasant, harmonized

Antonyms for classicals

silence

Word Origin & History

1590s, "of the highest rank" (originally in literature), from classic + -al (1). Classical music (1836) was defined originally against romantic music.

But already by 1880s it was acknowledged the term had a double sense: Music that had withstood the test of time, as well as music of a style contrasted to "romantic." Later (early 20c.) it was contrasted to jazz (in this sense more often with reference to the orchestras than to the music itself). Still later in contrast to popular music generally (mid-20c.).

Example Sentences for classicals

Thus they lost conviction, believing the ideal of the classicals to surpass the real of their own day.

Let us fall upon all Classicals and Liberals without distinction of age or sex, and put them all to the sword with ridicule.