The term "classical music" did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to distinctly 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.
The term " classical music " did not appear until the early 19th century , in an attempt to distinctly 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 .
When did the term "classical music" appear?
When did the term " classical music " appear ?
the early 19th century
the early 19th century