I believe that the two most contradicting genres of music are classical music and rock and roll music. After a long interview with my aunt, I found out that her favorite type of music was classical music because it was a big part of her life. This was the popular music for her at the time because she did not really know any other types of music. When compared with rock and roll, classical music seems definitely more comprehensive and soul searching. Classical music seems to be much less accessible than rock since it has become very elitist. Elitism always strips the emotion necessary to inspire any passion. Because rock is not valued as high art there remains room for real emotion. People always like what is natural and real.
             Classical music has been and still is a major part of American and
             European cultures. This type of music was my aunt's and still is her favorite type of music. She listened to classical music all of her life ever since she was first introduced to
             it by her parents back in the mid 1900's. Her parents tried to encourage her to only listen
             to classical music because they said that it brought peace to the mind and helped people concentrate on their work better. Even in school, my aunt studied classical music because she was so engrossed in it that she wanted to learn everything about it and more.
             My aunt was also part of the Valley Christian Orchestra when she was in college and so much of her appreciation for this type of music came from years of playing the flute and piano. She very much appreciated the musical works of composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, and many others. Classical music was just so wonderful to her because it brought together so many different kinds of instruments in a beautiful harmony. According to my aunt, classical music has many benefits. Some of these benefits include optimizing brain development, building social and emotional ski...