ep.02 - What is Classical Music?

Young People's Concerts Season 2 Episode 2 - What is Classical Music? Leonard Bernstein conducts Handel's Water Music and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. He defines classical music using the word "Exact", explaining that “classical music” accurate refers to music written mainly in the eighteenth century. He demonstrates with musical illustrations from Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and "The Marriage of Figaro," and Haydn's Symphony No. 102. Bernstein then ends exposing that the decline of classical music is tied to Beethoven's innovations and the Romantic movement, conducting Beethoven's Egmont Overture. Originally aired on CBS Television Network, January 24, 1959.