The Misconception Of Classical Music “The term classical is confusing because it has so many different meanings. Many people take classical music to mean anything that is not rock, jazz, folk or popular music.” I used to have a firm belief in the previous statement. I used to believe that all Western Europe concert music not from the Twentieth Century was classic. As it happened, I have been enrolled in a Music Appreciation class for about nine weeks and I now understand and am convinced that music from Western Europe has many time periods and genres. I used to think that all music that was old and “Non-American” was classical just because of the fact that i