Beyond its intensity and popularity, beyond technique and style, it never hurts to pause modern music to remember the works of those historical masters who, hundreds of years later, continue to teach. Another positive aspect of classical music is that a large part of it is in the public domain, and to download it you only need a free account at Musopen.
Escaping a heated battle in Frontier: Elite II and making an emergency hyperjump could lead to more problems than you had avoided, but in each jump there was a constant… and it was classical music. Modern video games don't often make room for old pieces, but in this example a very interesting contrast formed when listening to “In the Hall of the Mountain King” aboard a spaceship in the middle of the 33rd century.
If classical music can “work” even in that context, then it only proves the immortality of some pieces. Usually there is the possibility of going to any store and buying CDs of classical music at a relatively low price, but in the Web era fewer and fewer people follow that ritual. In fact, there is a critical detail when downloading classical music, and it is that a large percentage is under the public domain, therefore the process is completely legal.
A good starting point to listen and obtain classical music is the Musopen portal. There you will find streaming, mp3 files, and in many cases, the scores to play at home. The available list of composers is impressive, with real giants at the head, of the stature of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Franz Liszt, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi, to name a few.
Searches can be done by performer, instrument, period and musical form. If you just want to listen to classical music, the simplest option is to go to the piece you want and press Play, using the streaming, which has basic audio quality. Otherwise, downloads are enabled after you have registered an account on Musopen, at no cost.
On the other hand, Musopen offers two apps to bring its catalog to anyone's pocket. The first is Radio, which can be enjoyed online from the site or from any mobile device. The second is an app called Practice, which is of great help for those learning with the scores downloaded from the site.
Musopen is a very coherent way to “curate” content in the public domain, and especially something as important as classical music. If you want, you can support the site via Patreon, so that its managers expand the catalog. Don't fail to try it.
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