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  • Gjermund Larsen

    Nordic folk fiddle reshapes polished classical sound in the music of Gjermund Larsen

    Gjermund Larsen is a Norwegian musician and composer who dedicated his career to the music of his native land. His work...
  • Big Bill Broonzy

    Big Bill Broonzy's guitar made ripples on both sides of the Atlantic

    Big Bill Broonzy was one of the most important Chicago blues singers whose songs would inspire, among many others, Muddy...

  • The American boom of Cécile Chaminade's Romantic piano

    French Romantic composer Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade enjoyed considerable success, touring as a pianist and...
  • Musical Company by Johannes Voorhout

    Mecca for organ music created by Dieterich Buxtehude in Lübeck

    The picture Musical Company by Johannes Voorhout shows baroque composer Dietrich Buxtehude playing the viol while his...
  • Chabuca Granda LP

    The smoky alto of Chabuca Granda elevated the Creole waltz to the international level

    Chabuca Granda is the single most important figure in the history of Peruvian music. Though identified with the city of...
  • Vashti Bunyan's poster by Isle of Printing

    Just Another Diamond Day: the stunning rediscovery of the hippie-era gem

    Vashti Bunyan is an English singer and songwriter primarily known for her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day, which was...
  • Forlimpopoli

    Fiery dances of Marco Uccellini from Forlimpopoli

    Forlimpopoli is a tiny Italian town located on the Romagna plain, at the foot of the Apennines. Founded by Romans in the...
  • East meets West by Norman Perryman

    The fifth string of the Maihar school lead violin

    For more than a century, the tiny town of Maihar—now the de facto cradle of the Indian Classical—has been breathing with...
  • A Genuine Tong Funeral

    Sgt. Pepper's inspiration behind Carla Bley's revolutionary jazz album

    Born in Oakland, California, Carla Bley was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household and received remarkably...
  • Reynaldo Hahn, Mr. Madrazzo, and Madeleine Lemaire

    The alloy of melody and spoken word in the music of Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn was a Venezuelan-born—later naturalized French—composer, pianist, and singer who wrote in the French...
  • Statue Of Luigi Boccherini in Lucca by Daphné Du Barry

    Recent study of Luigi Boccherini's skeleton revealed the threat of scoliosis for cellists

    Luigi Boccherini was born in the Italian town of Lucca in Tuscany in 1743. He was the third child of a double-bass...
  • Mannheim by Joseph Maximilian Kolb

    Ludwig August Lebrun: the sweet genius of Mannheim

    Ludwig August Lebrun (1752—1790) was a phenomenal German oboist who contributed several mellow oboe pieces to the...
  • Enrique Granados by Preciada Azancot

    Enrique Granados' dramatic voyage was cut short by a German U-boat

    Pantaléon Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña was one of the greatest pianists and composers of the Romantic period who...
  • Vox Humana orgel Oude Kerk Amsterdam

    The Orpheus of Amsterdam: the joyful nickname for organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    The ‘Orpheus of Amsterdam’ was the nickname lovingly given to Jan Pietersz Sweelinck (1562–1621), an organist, composer...
  • Monnette Sudler LP

    Monnette Sudler: the first lady of jazz guitar

    Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Monnette Sudler is known as the “First Lady of Jazz Guitar,” among other titles.  Her...
  • Sur Sagar manuscript

    Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries

    Sūrdās was a North Indian devotional poet, musician, and saint who lived in the 16th century. His lyrics, addressed...
  • The Big Rip by Nicolle R. Fuller

    The four elements of nature expressed in musical form by Jean-Féry Rebel

    French composer Jean-Féry Rebel was born in 1666 to a distinguished musical family. His father and uncle were French...
  • Unidentified Elizabethan Children Making Music by the Master of the Countess of Warwick

    Anthony Holborne: the master of Elizabethan consort music

    Antony Holborne was an English Renaissance composer whose music for lute and cittern appeared in two important...
  • Lonnie Johnson

    The three acts of Lonnie Johnson' blues

    Lonnie Johnson (1889—1970) was a prolific American musician, singer, and songwriter, and one of the first major blues...
  • Venetian Gondoliers by Robert Frederick Blum

    Gondolier songs as the inspiration behind the romantic genre of Barcarolle

    Originally a Venetian gondolier’s song, Barcarolle is characterized by gently rocking rhythms reminiscent of the...

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