Preferences, broadly speaking
Regarded as the "essence" of music, yet only popular with a small group of people.
What is classical music?
After 1955, country, soul, and folk styles acquired national audiences. There was also the predominant "music of youth."
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What is Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer?
A preference for classical music over popular music. (Keston & Pinto, 1955)
What is musical training?
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What is Beethoven's Symphony No.9 - 2nd movement?
The German composers most commonly cited in Farnsworth's (1966) eminence rankings study and Poland's (1970) content analysis.
Who are Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Haydn and Mozart?
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What is Brandenburg Concerto, No.3?
A narrowing of group musical preferences, a decreasing interest in non-rock music.
What is an increasing grade level?
Many people may show a preference for the lyric melodies, predictable tonal and harmonic patterns, repetition and orchestral texture.
What is the music of 18th and 19th-century composers?
Frith (1987) states it helps individuals in self-identity, relates public and private emotional lives, shapes popular memory and sense of time, and becomes something possessed (i.e., as in members of a group).
What are the four social functions of popular music?
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What is "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin?
LeBlanc (1991) stated that this condition occurs when young listeners have a strong overall musical preference that declines with the onset of adolescence, broadens in adulthood, and declines again in old age.
What is open eared-ness?
Existing preferences for classical music (18th and 19th-century music in particular) may result from contemporary composers _____________.