On my university popular music course, we were told that the accepted term at that time (ten years ago) was “Western Art Music”, but that that covered jazz as well.
Possibly “orchestral” music? Although that would then cover stuff like film scores, or rock bands using a symphony orchestra as what amounts to a big guitar, and wouldn’t cover solo piano works or someone like Varese...
On my university popular music course, we were told that the accepted term at that time (ten years ago) was “Western Art Music”, but that that covered jazz as well. Possibly “orchestral” music? Although that would then cover stuff like film scores, or rock bands using a symphony orchestra as what amounts to a big guitar, and wouldn’t cover solo piano works or someone like Varese...
Symphonic music?
Same problem as “orchestral music”: it would exclude piano sonatas, string quartets, solo songs, etc.