Is there something like classical music in eastern history ?

>>2676883
Indian Classical Music is more theoretically complex than most of the western canon. The focus is moved from the composer to the musician who improvises using formal melodic structures and is generally religious in nature.

It's also worth noting that most western classical is tarted up folk dances and flashy medlys for easily entertained bougies.

>>2676993
>Bach
>less complex
No.

>>2676993
what about east asia ?

>>2677004
I said most. It's not until the late romantic that music gets fun in a technical sense and baroque counterpoint was a forgotten blip on the radar.

>>2677011
There's a lot of court music.

>>2677004
>theoretically

And yes, while I'm a fan of Persian classical music it just stands no chance against for example Barbara Strozzi or Marin Marais and Jean Baptiste Lully

Classical Indian music is magnificent

>>2676883
What makes European 'classical music' different from most other forms of art music is emphasis on following a printed score created by one person.

There are long musical cycles or suites in the modal systems of music from Iran (dastgah), Azerbaijan (mugham), Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (maqam).

>>2677044
I should add that performance in European art music was more flexible before the 19th century, and Bach, Mozart, and Haydn all expected performers to ornament their scores as they saw fit.

>>2677042

It's nice but it's not even close to the sophistication of Western music.