Western music may refer to:
- Classical music, a genre of art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music from the 10th century onward. The canonical common practice period was from 1550 to 1900, although the style continues to be performed and developed to this day.
- Music of Western culture (see Music).
- Western music (North America), a style of music that celebrates the life of the cowboy. Originally a form of folk music with English, Irish, Scottish, and Mexican influences that developed in the western areas of the United States and Canada.
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“The Oriental philosophy approaches easily loftier themes than the modern aspires to; and no wonder if it sometimes prattle about them. It only assigns their due rank respectively to Action and Contemplation, or rather does full justice to the latter. Western philosophers have not conceived of the significance of Contemplation in their sense.”
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