Apple Music is pushing extra extensively into classical music. Today, Apple introduced that it has acquired Primephonic, a service that focuses on streaming the classical style, and can incorporate the app’s performance and playlists into Apple Music. The end result will probably be “a significantly improved classical music experience,” Apple stated in a press launch. There can even be a standalone Apple Music classical app coming someday in 2022.

Effective instantly, Primephonic is not accepting new prospects, and the service because it exists in the present day will shut down on September seventh.

Apple says Primephonic’s playlists and “exclusive audio content” will probably be first to be built-in into Apple Music. Down the road, it’ll add “the best features of Primephonic, including better browsing and search capabilities by composer and by repertoire, detailed displays of classical music metadata, plus new features and benefits.”

In a present of how severe Apple is about interesting to classical followers, the corporate says “a dedicated classical music app” will launch subsequent yr that may use Primephonic’s “classical user interface that fans have grown to love.”

Primephonic launched three years in the past, and its crew says this deal is about scale and reaching extra listeners. “As a classical-only startup, we can not reach the majority of global classical listeners, especially those that listen to many other music genres as well,” the corporate wrote in a note on its webpage. “We therefore concluded that in order to achieve our mission, we need to partner with a leading streaming service that encompasses all music genres and also shares our love for classical music.”

According to Primephonic’s FAQ, prospects with an lively subscription will obtain a prorated refund. They’ll even be getting a code to redeem six free months of Apple Music.