Definition of "semiclassical" []

• Music Of, relating to, or being a work that in style or form falls between the classical and popular genres. (adjective)
• Music Of, relating to, or being a classical composition that enjoys popular appeal because of modern elements. (adjective)

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• "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."
• "This is what physicists call a semiclassical argument—the physics used is classical, with a few modern ideas added on."
• "You can make it predict the same effects as the semiclassical theory, i.e. entropy goes as area et cetera."