Ian Crisp wrote:

>Jeremey McMillan wrote:
>
>>What was classical and what was popular in the 19th century? How can one
>>make the distinction?
>
>That's easy.  There wasn't one.

I quite disagree.  See my earlier post for the details, but there was
indeed a distinction between the two musics.  Early Vaudeville, follies,
cabaret and tavern songs and parlor ballads made up the pop music of the
day in the 19th c.

Kevin