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Originally Posted by lukethebandgeek
I call it art music because:
B. "Classical" refers only to the specific period of time that Mozart and Hayden wrote from around 1750 to around 1800. The phrase "Art Music" incorperates all historical periods of, well, art music.
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Yes, this is technically true, but if you ask anyone if they think Bach is classical music they will undoubtably say yes. No one is going to respond with "No, because he is actually Baroque, so clearly the question is flawed." Classical music will always be known as simply symphonic or orchestral music, separating it into it's historic periods of Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc., is generally only done by those who have studied it. So while you call it Art Music so has to encompass all the musical periods (and personally sounding a bit pompous) everyone else will still refer to it all as simply Classical music.
And while Mozart is my favorite to listen to, Shostakovich has some great pieces as well as Mahler and Prokofiev. And I only like a few Opera pieces. And yes I can read music, analyzing it is the real fun part...