An opera tells a story and the Magic Flute is a story of light and dark. During the Classical period some instruments underwent significant development. Harpsichords with plucked strings were ...

We use a lot of classical music for testing, with Claude Debussy standing out as one of our most listened-to composers.

In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

Romantic music developed directly from the classical period. There is no clear date ... As his music developed with new instruments and techniques, his later works can be called romantic.

We have a ton of excellent early music in Seattle. Learn how digging into music’s ancient past can expand our understanding ...

During the classical period from around 1730 to 1820, orchestral performances moved from the royal courts into the public domain, and their size continued to grow. Instruments were organized into ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes ...

Janusz Olejniczak, the distinguished Polish pianist and teacher who performed the piano parts in the Oscar-winning 2002 film ...

Over €540,000 has been awarded to performing groups and musicians including 40 marching and samba bands and orchestras to ...

“For someone who’s never been to an organ concert or maybe has never been to a classical music concert ... in pairings with vocalists, period instruments, and in rarely-heard collaborations ...

Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius on period instruments won this year's Choral category A pioneering period-instrument recording of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius from Anna Stéphany, Nicky Spence, Andrew ...