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Apple Music Classical Launch Could Be Approaching Based on Code in iOS 16.4 Beta 2
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As a professional classical musician myself I adopted Apple Music from launch. There have been some interesting moments. At one point composers were not named on albums that contained multiple composers and artists. The expectation was that the listener was mostly interested in the performer and not the composer. I presumed this had come from dealing with other genres. At one stage there also some recordings that were not gapless which is totally unusable for a lot of classical music where one 'track' will segue into another and must be seamless.
I have to admit I abhor the term 'curator' that started being applied to playlists as streaming came of age. I wanted it left with museums. Whilst I will admit that it may help some - personally I am quite able to source what I want and as a professional I often found selections simplistic in nature. In fact, for serious listening, I would select complete works and also take a break so the music never became a mere background to other activities.
'Sleeve' notes would be nice, if well written - certainly more details around the recording like venue, dates and maybe even recording setup.
I have to admit I abhor the term 'curator' that started being applied to playlists as streaming came of age. I wanted it left with museums. Whilst I will admit that it may help some - personally I am quite able to source what I want and as a professional I often found selections simplistic in nature. In fact, for serious listening, I would select complete works and also take a break so the music never became a mere background to other activities.
'Sleeve' notes would be nice, if well written - certainly more details around the recording like venue, dates and maybe even recording setup.
Tchaikovsky what? String quartet, symphony, opera, ballet score? These guys covered a lot of ground.
I listen to lots of classical, and it's very rare for me to want to listen to a composer without a more specific target. I can't for the life of me imagine saying "Hey Siri, play Beethoven" and leaving it like that. You may as well say, "Hey Siri, play music."
Have not seen whether opera is included. Hopefully it is included. E.g. not all Nessun Dorma's are like this one:
That's why I really enjoy the app Concertino:it integrates Apple Music quite well for me.There's is the link in the app store:https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/concertino/id1506663568?l=fr
The Apple Music Classical app that Apple first announced when it acquired classical music service Primephonic could potentially be launching in the near future according to additional mentions of "Apple Music Classical" found in the iOS 16.4 beta.
Code in the beta suggests that listening to Apple Music Classical will require users to have the standard Apple Music app installed. "To listen in Apple Music Classical, you'll need to install Apple Music," reads a line in the MusicKit framework.
As of right now, there is no sign of an Apple Music Classical app in iOS 16.4, but that doesn't mean that it won't come in a later beta or with the iOS 16.4 launch.
Apple initially said in 2021 that Apple Music Classical would be introduced "next year," aka, 2022, but that did not happen. There was no 2022 launch of the new classical music experience, and Apple has provided no updates on when we might expect to see the new app.
Apple promised that Apple Music Classical would be a dedicated classical music app that is separate from Apple Music, but this makes it clear that the Apple Music Classical app will also require Apple Music to be installed.
This is not the first time that we've seen references to Apple Music Classical in an iOS 16 update. iOS 16.3, for example, added "Open in Apple Music Classical" wording to the code, and there have also been mentions of the feature in backend code on Apple's site.
It is unclear why Apple has taken so long to introduce an Apple Music Classical app, and though we continue to see signs of it, it still remains a mystery as to whether it will come in iOS 16.4, a later iOS 16 update, or iOS 17.
Article Link: Apple Music Classical Launch Could Be Approaching Based on Code in iOS 16.4 Beta 2
Yep! Siri is awful at following clear instructions directed towards well-known recordings in Apple Music. Mind you I also tried working Apple Music through an Alexa device - "Please play Beethoven's 7th Symphony conducted by Claudio Abbadao". It gave me a 'Beethoven channel playing the 'Moonlight' sonata. Having repeated the request back to me I had some short-lived expectation but it seems Apple have not connected some kind of database of work/composer/performers/record label/date. I would rather that Apple sorted this out before they focus on AI headsets!
Apple is releasing a separate app because they bought Primephonic, and it is easier to rebrand Primephonic's app and re-release it than to do the work of integrating it into the Apple Music app.
Classical music is 90% of my music listening, and I agree with comments that classical music needs special handling for metadata and organization. However, that doesn't mean that it needs to be a completely separate app. I would prefer to open a single Apple Music app for my music listening. Hopefully, Apple will eventually integrate Primephonic into the existing app.
Classical music is 90% of my music listening, and I agree with comments that classical music needs special handling for metadata and organization. However, that doesn't mean that it needs to be a completely separate app. I would prefer to open a single Apple Music app for my music listening. Hopefully, Apple will eventually integrate Primephonic into the existing app.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the people on here complaining or belittling a classical app are the exact people with zero interest in the genre.
Wow the stuff Apple Music plays for me is scary d ead on target. A radio station that plays a never ending stream of stuff I didn’t know or remember I loved. Keep rating everything maybe eventually it will pick up on what you like.
What a waste of development time, there's already a music app so what's the point in this.
Because the music app is worse than useless when it comes to classical.
I’m interested to see this app when it finally launches.
I don't believe in miracles. Could it be magic?
Maybe might need those old songs to bring it back.
I hope they also get Siri to work better with classical music. It would be cool to say "Play Chopin's Third Ballade by Krystian Zimerman", and just have it just happen.
That would be a real achievement. Siri with that command just opens Apple Music and goes completely wrong.
Right now even text search in Apple Music is a hit or miss affair.
Not the Chopin Prélude Barry Manilow stole for "Could It Be Magic"?
I remember when Apple came out with their music app, a composer, arranger forum I was on inquired about placing forum members music on it but I guess Apple wasn’t interested in muddying things up with a classical genre with also some jazz music composed or arranged by “unknowns“. Apple probably wasn’t even thinking about classical or maybe even jazz at that time. That forum I was on is gone now but there are sites for “unknowns“ of all genres. Most of these try to get their revenue from the artists besides the listeners. Some sites are just about the music and conversations.