For
It has historical depth and complex structure.
Against
Music value depends on emotion, not age.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“classical music tends to have a longer history and greater harmonic and structural complexity than many genres”
“Mozart is also far more complex than pop music.”
“That doesn't mean that it's inherently better than other genres necessarily.”
“For me, the most valuable aspect of music is the expression of complex emotion as it develops in time as narrative.”