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Using spirituals he loved as child, William Dawson's 1934 Negro Folk Symphony is today's Midday Masterpiece.

As elsewhere, Cho plays with remarkable sensitivity and easily meets the music’s technical demands ... mesmerizing work — named for Hibernia, the classical Latin name for Ireland — he ...

When we feel an emotional response to the music, it can be down to familiarity. Music conjures of memories of the past – of a loved one, a dream or a family member – and hearing great classical music ...

21 The chorus of ‘Mozart’s House’ is the first phrase of the Classical composer’s String Quartet No. 21. Band member Grace Chatto says, “Another part of the quartet returns as a breakdown later in the ...

February 3, 2025 • Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.

The music video was filmed at Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium, London ...

Nov. 5, 2024 — Physicists have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to determine differences in how far compositions of ...

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar won the night's biggest awards, but the real takeaway from the Grammys is that a wave of younger stars has arrived on the pop scene, fully prepared to own the spotlight.

Many surgeons listen to music while conducting surgical procedures. Music is simply a beautiful form of art that communicates ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1996, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...