French Suite in E Major

You might have something to say about the title: ".....in E Major."  Your brain might be hardwired by now to say that if it's something in something major (or minor), then it's a classical song, and if it has some out-of-the-blue name like "Salt Peanuts," or "Cold Duck Time" (that's probably #1 on my list of songs with strange names), then it's a jazz song. You might not have been sure about River, but generally there's a difference in titles between different styles of music.

Of course, you'll find some songs written in different time periods that are similar to a previous one or influential to the next one. Even in a certain place and time, you'll find two or three styles of music that are being played, listened to, and written a lot, and most people involved in that scene will mostly agree. So, the songs would have their own variations based on the composer but they'd still all be connected to each other in some way. There's a lot of influencing happening in music. Older musicians are inspiring younger ones, people want change into a new musical era, songs bring attention back to some composers, and we can probably continue that list for a while.

Even with the same composer (like J.S. Bach, who wrote this song), you might see things in one song that are quite similar to the next. For example, it might be a bit difficult to tell the difference between this and Little Prelude in E Major, another song by Bach. Even when I was playing it, it reminded me of that one. 

Of course, if you take the last song that J.S. Bach wrote (his death was considered to be the transition into the Classical era) and compare it to Beethoven's songs (he was the transition out of the classical era), you will probably see big differences. Time eventually brings about changes. 

Another way for things to change with time is for you to listen to this song. Listening can make big changes, after all. That's what I'm all about here.