puoro ōkawa
1. (noun) classical music.
He momo puoro te puoro ōkawa i takea mai i Ūropi ki te Uru, tīmata mai ana i te rautau tekau mā tahi, ā, e haere tonu ana i ēnei rā. He uaua te whakaahua tōtika i te puoro ōkawa, nā te mea he whānui tonu ōna āhuatanga. Ko tētahi, ko te āta tuhia e te kaitito hei whaitanga mārire mā ngā ringapuoro, arā, kāore he paku titonga ohia (RTP 2015:84). / Classical music is a genre of music that originated in Western Europe in the eleventh century, and continues to the present. Classical music is difficult to describe exactly because it has a broad range of characteristics. One aspect is the explicit notation written by the composer for the musicians to carefully follow, with no scope for improvisation (RTP 2015:85).
