Classical tunes as ring tone

A familiar music tune plays... That's "Waltz of the Flowers!"
But soon it was interrupted..."Hello?"
Another famiiar muisc tune plays... That's the "Turkish Dance!"
It was also interrupted by a "Hello."

That's my experience on the train ride home. I have no idea the person using the phone knows anything about the tunes on the phone. The classical music comes from phone ring tones. Nowadays masterpieces are now used as temporary signals to phone users for incoming call. This is like spanning great literature works in testing font displays like "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.", or like using great art works in decorating the throw-away bags of carryouts. This is a misuse of great works.

In general, anything classified as "classical" has its values to be called a "classic." Of course, classical music is one of those. I do not qualify to talk about classical music. My lack of education prevents me from telling you much about this great subject. How I wish I have taken a course in college about appreciating music without the pressure of midterms and finals.

Besides mathematics, music is the true universal language. Play the tune of "Joy to the world" to the most uneducated person, the person can tell you it is a happy song. Play a tune with a minor key and everyone can tell you it is a sad, moody tune.

Each piece of classical music may involve an orchestra with all sorts of instruments. The
composer arrange each instrument to contribute their own part to a great masterpiece. It is such daunting task and multi-dimensional that this can be much more complex than writing plain text. Music can convey different type of message than text. It may be hard to write a piece of music to convey an instruction such as "open the door", but no amount of words can fully describe the music of "Waltz of the Flowers". Music is truly a different type of language.

Nowadays classical music do not have to be listened in concert halls. Rather, they are now freely avaiable through phone on-holds and ring tones, and of course radio stations.
Listening to classical music through modern technology don't quite match the experience of going to an actual concert. People actually listen, quietly, and not jumping up and down going to rock concerts. The conductor, and each and everyone of the performers need to focus and play each note: the right note and right rhythm. It takes tremendous amount of coordination and practice for each performance. Music ought to be appreciated. It is a triumph of human accomplishment.

Playing ANY of the instruments used in an orchestra takes tremendous time and effort to learn. It takes years of practice to get good in any one instrument. If anyone has ever attempted to learn any instrument such as the piano you will know what I mean.

Each piece of music has its own story to tell, and yet not easily describable in plain text. One has to listen. Each composer has their own unique backgrounds that influence their work. It is a tremendous subject to dwell in.

It seems like classical music are so long ago that it becomes out-of-style. Only time can tell if the current music of today becomes the classic of the future. I encourage young people to learn an instrument and appreciate classical music as great art work.

However, sometimes parents may discourage kids from majoring in music. Musicians, along with pure mathematicians and artists, may have trouble looking for work beyond school. This may be true, but don't let that deter your will to pursue your learning! Worry about bread winning when you are done studying. Perhaps you CAN be a professional musician, or a professional mathematican.