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This piece might fit within the rock fans definition of Classical, but from what i've heard it certainly isn't, and perhaps the term orchestral folksong or something similar would be more appropriate. If it genuinely fitted into the genre of Classical music, features such as leading notes would be apparent. A good example of modal (as opposed to diatonic) harmony is in shown by this piece http://www.dargaard.com/bearer%20of%20the%20flame.mp3, in which every (or almost) dominant chord is minor, which clearly suggests the aeolian mode. Classical music refers to either the diatonic western music from roughly 1700-1820 or is a blanket term for formal european art music (i.e. not regional folk music). The most important factors in defining a work as classical in the broader sense are whether the composition follows some formal set of musical conventions established at the time, and whether it is notated for practice and performance. I think folk music is probably a far more accurate term, and I mean this in an entirely uncondescending way.
There is a little problem in the english wikipedia, because Neo-classical isn't Neoclassicism. Neo-classical is a new genre from the '80s, founded by music groups like In The Nursery and Dead Can Dance. It's more "freestyle classical", created by synthesizers and orchestral samples.
I am questioning the sentence at the beginning of this article, which reads The genre is often heavily debated, but is entirely made on keyboards. This is a pretty large claim. I am a big fan of neoclassical (dark wave) music, including Dargaard's, and am contributing to the neoclassical (dark wave) article on WP. To say that this music is entirely made on keyboards is not only inaccurate; it is simply wrong. Please consider either deleting this sentence or amending it. See the article on neoclassical (dark wave) for a better description of this genre. Thanks. Daniel Grünfeld (talk) 16:37, 16 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
Very well. I am editing this section of the main article, since no one is interested in providing a citation for this rather extreme statement. Daniel Grünfeld (talk) 01:20, 18 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
