Bill Pirkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm not so sure this is the fundamental division.
>
>In my musical pursuits, computer composed classical music, I make the
>distinction as
>
>1) popular - music with a continuous drum beat
>2) classical - music with no continuous drum beat

I think the performance makes the distinction.  If the important in a
performance is that the performer is going to have a show, it is popular,
if it is the values of the music that is important, it is classical.
There are, naturally, those who fall between.  Bellman is a good example.

Mats Norrman
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