[quote][b]Classical music[/b] 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. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period. It should not be confused with the Classical Era. The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to "canonize" the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Beethoven as a golden age. The earliest reference to "classical music" recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from about 1836. [i]-Wiki[/i][/quote] [spoiler][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Classical_music_composers_montage.JPG/600px-Classical_music_composers_montage.JPG[/img] Montage of great classical music composers. From left to right: Top row – [i]Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven[/i]; second row –[i] Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi;[/i] third row – [i]Johann Strauss II, Johannes Brahms, Georges Bizet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvořák;[/i] bottom row – [i]Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sergei Rachmaninoff, George Gershwin, Aram Khachaturian[/i][/spoiler] [b]So yeah. What's your favorite piece and who's your favorite composer? [/b] [i]All of them are great but I only look up to a few composers. They are Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Chopin. [/i]