Symphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven’s remarkable career.
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It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.
George Gershwin composed Rhapsody in Blue in three weeks.
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With his highly original melodic gift, Gershwin blended jazz and classical elements to create the iconic and enduring Rhapsody in Blue.
Beth, lead singer and accordionist of band NoGood Boyo.
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Wales has a rich musical heritage, and the next generation is ready to take centre stage.
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My recent study looked at the inequalities rural and regional young classical musicians face which are unknown to their city-based counterparts.
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Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
The composer’s expressionism is often compared to paintings of his friend and fellow expressionist, Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky’s 1925 painting ‘Yellow-Red-Blue.’
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Though composers after Schoenberg used his technique to create atmospheric music in film, Schoenberg’s own ‘Accompaniment to a Film Scene’ was written for concert performance.
Composer John Williams conducts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall opening gala, Oct. 25, 2003, in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
Bradley Cooper as composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in ‘Maestro.’
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Mahler’s inventive modernism and highly expressive writing communicated emotions shaped by his fascinating late-19th century life.
It took George Gershwin just 10 days to pen the American classic.
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The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene.
It is important to learn about these musicians in order to undermine the idea of an exclusively white and male canon of western classical music.
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The audience was never fooled by the technology. Instead, they were awe-struck. A phrase I heard murmured over and over was: ‘how do they do it?’.
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Leonard Bernstein was one of the most significant forces in 20th century American music – and led a complicated life behind the scenes.
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The two symphonies show different sides to Mahler’s musical sensibilities as he shifted from from the late-Romantic to early Modernist,
The music room of the Ospedaletto is known for its remarkable acoustics.
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On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She’s since embarked on a project to bring this forgotten music back.
Gustavo Dudamel dirigiendo a la Orquesta Juvenil Simón Bolívar en Oslo, en 2010.
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What does a conductor do when they stand up and move their hands and baton? What is their role? And how has their way of leading evolved?
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The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra quietly cancelled its Last Night of the Proms concert scheduled for the eve of the Voice. Do their words match their actions?
The London Symphony Orchestra has performed music from video games like ‘Starfield’ and ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.’
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The genre has long been viewed as too exclusive, too expensive and too stuffy. Thanks to video games, that’s starting to change.
Aboriginal man playing violin to a group outside a tin shack, Moore River Native Settlement, Western Australia, ca. 1920.
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Western music was often taught to Aboriginal people as preparation for assimilation into white Australian society – but Aboriginal people continued to play the violin even when not prescribed.
These multicolored notes reflect the diversity of music across the world.
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The predominantly white European field of music education in the US is changing radically these days as schools confront anti-Black histories.
Kaija Saariaho receives the Polar Music Prize 2013 from King Carl Gustaf.
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The Finnish composer passed away Friday at the age of 70. She was someone of immense generosity, incisive knowledge and integrity.