Don't Strauss, Apple's classical music app is finally launching.
Apple already has the Apple Music app, which contains a decent selection of classical music – so why has it released a separate app for classical music fans?
The clue is in the painstaking organization of Apple's new classical app. Classical music is very different from other forms of music because each work has often been recorded by a number of different orchestras – and even more confusingly, the works of many composers have been cataloged using different systems, including the opus numbering system.
That system is far from perfect, as in the classical era many publishers would file a group of works under a single number – or in the case of French composer Massenet, would use 'Opus 12B' rather than 'Opus 13' for superstitious reasons. A lot of 20th-century composers have also simply ignored the system completely, while other composers use a different cataloging system altogether.
Apple Music Classical's powerful search functions – which let you search by composer, work, conductor, or catalog number – should make it far easier to find the piece you're looking for, and help explain why Apple has separated it from its main Music app., the new Apple Music Classical app promises to take the experience to the next level. We'll certainly be taking it for a spin on March 28, if we're feeling Rachmaninoff.
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