classical music isn't dead

Those words **rang out **across the Internet last week

ring out: to be heard loudly and clearly
e.g. ① Cheers rang out as the winner was announced.
② A shot rang out.

gravestone

a stone that is used to mark a grave

hoary

Use the adjective hoary to describe something that is old and worn out — like the hoary jokes your great uncle Albert clings to.
The word hoary can also be used to describe something that is white or gray with age. Santa is usually depicted with a hoary beard and hoary hair, although sometimes mall Santas have to fake this with wigs and artificial beards. Hoary can also mean covered with white down — "The hoary leaves felt like velvet to the touch."

cliche：

If you've heard an expression a million times, chances are it's a cliche.
Cliche, also spelled cliché, is a 19th century borrowed word from the French which refers to a saying or expression that has been so overused that it has become boring and unoriginal. Think about the expressions "easy as pie," or "don't play with fire," or "beauty is skin deep." These are all cliches. A plot or action sequence in a film or novel can also be called a cliche if it has become dull and predictable through overuse.

obituary:

a published announcement of a death, often accompanied by a short biography of the dead person
e.g. As far as his concerned, they're preparing his obituary and he doesn't care to attend the funeral.

lockout:

the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms

philharmonic:

fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras(Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)

spasm:

any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc.
e.g. The spasm of fear which crosses my heart summons it to my aid.

mobid

suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.
e.g. The business of writing obituaries may seem, at first glance, a morbid affair.

imminent:

likely to occur at any moment; impending

timeline

A timeline is a list of important events arranged in the order in which they happened. You might write out a timeline of Civil War battles when you're studying for a big history test.
Timelines are often used in history textbooks and biographies — they explain what happened during a certain period of time or to a particular person, starting with the earliest event and moving forward through time. Your own personal timeline, for example, might begin with your birth. Many timelines are represented graphically by an actual line that's dotted with points representing important events.
eg：Attorney’s Office released a timeline Thursday providing the most detailed account to date of Carey’s interaction with law enforcement

infographic

Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends. Similar pursuits are information visualization, data visualization, statistical graphics, information design, or information architecture. Infographics have evolved in recent years to be for mass communication, and thus are designed with fewer assumptions about the readers knowledge base than other types of visualizations

kick the bucket

There is a creepy bloodlust to the doom-mongering of classical music, as though an autopsy were being conducted on a still-breathing body.

superfluous

When something is so unnecessary that it could easily be done away with, like a fifth wheel on a car or a fifth person on a double date, call it superfluous.
Superfluous (soo-PER-floo-uhs) means "more than required." Use it when pointing out something that could be removed without detracting from the quality of something: "For a climb over a glacier, the very thickest shoes are absolutely necessary; beyond these, all else seems superfluous to me," wrote the adventurer Charles Stoddard in 1899. The word comes from Latin and literally means "overflowing": super, "over" + fluere, "to flow." So you can think of a superfluous addition as flowing over the boundaries of what's needed.

bloodlust

a desire for bloodshed

doom-mongering

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autospy

An autopsy is the dissection of a dead human body to figure out the cause of death. If you watch much TV, you've probably seen hundreds of 'em.
The word autopsy comes from the Greek, meaning "to see with one's own eyes." Many cultures thought it was sacrilegious to mar the human body, because the dead person would need it in the afterlife (you don't want to be hanging out for eternity with your pals while your intestines are flapping around your ankles). Autopsy is used interchangeably with the term post-mortem, Latin for "after-death."