Classical Period

Classical period can refer to the following:

  • Classical Greece, specifically of the 5th and 4th centuries BC
  • Classical antiquity, in the Greco-Roman world
  • Classical period (music), in music
  • Classic stage, of American archaeology

Famous quotes containing the words classical and/or period:

    “The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always greater than its performance—Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, for instance, is always greater than its performance—whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being performed.”
    —André Previn (b. 1929)

    “The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision—whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.”
    —Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)