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Comment author: wedrifid 12 November 2011 02:00:14PM *  0 points [-]

Wait... Define “classical”.

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times.[1] The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 November 2011 02:53:18PM 0 points [-]

Then the fact that the best classical music was composed in the West before 1900 is not that surprising, is it? Likewise, I guess the best Irish folk music was composed by the Irish folk, the best African American work songs by African American workers, and so on.