Light Music

Related to the tags:
Soft rock,
Adult contemporary,
Sentimental ballad -

Light music is a generic term applied to "light" orchestral music, which originated in the 18th and 19th centuries and continues until the present day. Its heyday occurred during the mid‑20th century.

The style is a less "serious" form of Western classical music, featuring through-composed, usually shorter orchestral pieces and suites designed to appeal to a wider context and audience than more sophisticated forms of music such as concertos