Apple Explains Why It Launched an iPhone App Devoted to Classical Music

Apple at the moment printed a assist doc explaining why it determined to launch a standalone Apple Music Classical app for classical music.

In brief, Apple says the app was designed to assist classical music’s advanced metadata:

Classical music is completely different. It has longer and extra detailed titles, a number of artists for every work, and a whole lot of recordings of well-known items. The Apple Music Classical app is designed to assist the advanced information construction of classical music.

Apple presents an extended clarification on a brand new Apple Music Classical web page:

Classical music usually includes a number of musicians recording works which have been recorded many occasions earlier than and are referred to by completely different names. For instance, from the formal Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 to the favored byname of Moonlight Sonata, or in a number of languages, equivalent to Mondschein Sonata in German. Such complexities imply that classical music followers have been ill-served by streaming platforms. Till now. A definite app, included with an Apple Music subscription, offers these classical music lovers the editorial and catalog content material they have been lacking.

Solely a brand-new app — with specialised options and a ravishing interface designed for the style — may take away the complexity and make classical music simply searchable, browsable, and accessible for learners and specialists alike.

The assist doc supplies solutions to another continuously requested questions concerning the app, which started rolling out at the moment. A lot of the data pertains to how the Apple Music Classical app integrates with the usual Apple Music app.

Apple additionally shared a video overview of the app on YouTube:

Apple Music Classical presents over 5 million classical music tracks and is free to make use of with a normal Apple Music subscription on iOS 15.4 and later. The app is predicated on Primephonic, a classical music streaming service that Apple acquired in 2021. The app is offered for the iPhone solely at launch, with an Android model coming quickly.