To戏雨飞鹰: about 阳春白雪 & 下里巴人

"阳春白雪" 与 "下里巴人" 都是古代楚国的歌曲名, 分别指是高雅的宫廷音乐和民间的通俗音乐, 一个高雅清丽, 一个活泼灵动, 都是表达真实感情的曲目，因而得以丰富和发扬至今。请注意“下里巴人”中虽有一个“人”字，但并非是指人，而是指歌曲。

阳春白雪和下里巴人 is a pair of two aspects, being used in many places and translation varies accordingly:

For general, you can say "highbrow"  & "lowbrow"
For music/songs, it's "classical" & "pop music/pop song" ("美声"和"通俗"就是一例).
For social groups in western world: noble & populace.
...

If we are just talking about the specific music "阳春白雪", it can be translated into "Sunny Spring & White Snow" or just "The Spring Snow".

I haven't heard the specific music "下里巴人", I'm not sure if it really exists nowadays.


Here is 古筝"阳春白雪":

http://www.chinakongzi.com/2550/music/download/guzheng/hangongqy.mp3


**Note:  Please take this as a reference only. Welcome corrections.