Semiclassical

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a work that in style or form falls between the classical and popular genres.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a classical composition that enjoys popular appeal because of modern elements.
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  • adjective. Describing classical music of broad, popular appeal
  • adjective. Describing any of various approximations to either relativistic or quantum mechanical physics that retains elements of classical physics
  • Word Usage
    "With musical settings that evoke Rachmaninoff by way of Debussy and sometimes inflected with J. S. Bach, she often moved beyond the realm of jazz into a semiclassical sphere, although the label semiclassical really doesn't suffice, because the music is improvised."
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    Words with the same terminal sound