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  • Sommerwind by Otto Modersohn

    Im Sommerwind is an atypical work of the typical modernist composer

    Austrian composer Anton Webern rose to fame as a member of the Second Viennese School, a prominent movement known for...

  • Romeo and Juliet eclipsed by the tragic beauty of Chinese Butterfly Lovers

    The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is one of the best known classical orchestra pieces in China, though a vast...
  • Lauren Laverne with Kate Sables

    Ursula Le Guin as told through English alt-folk

    Alt-folk band This Is the Kit is a project started by the British musician Kate Sables that comes to life through...

  • Vintage synthesizers alleviate the Blade Runner sequel

    Blade Runner 2049 is the long-anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 iconic film which defined a whole generation of...

  • Brian Eno's Airport Music for orchestra

    It is useless to speculate now which direction the genre of ambient might have taken if not for Brian Eno, the revered...
  • Cal Tjader CD cover

    Cal Tjader: the inception of Latin jazz in the Bay Area

    Vibraphonist Cal Tjader was a fruitful composer who combined Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms with jazz harmonies,...
  • La nascita di Venere by Sandro Botticelli

    The Birth of 'Venus': from Stephen Foster, to The Big 3, and Shocking Blue

    Stephen Foster (1826—1864) was an American composer whose vast contribution to a popular song, specifically the ballad...
  • Henry Purcell by John Closterman

    Nameless trumpet sonata credited to Purcell after years of debate

    Henry Purcell, the most prominent English figure of the Baroque era, covered a wide field of genres, producing music for...
  • Shrimp Boats on the Suffolk Coast by Edward Seago

    Mother of film score genre learned music through BBC radio broadcasts

    Doreen Mary Carwithen, also known as Mary Alwyn, was the first student to be selected from the Royal Academy to join an...
  • Pau Casals by Ramon Casas

    The Catalan virtuoso was discovered by Albéniz in a cafe band

    Pablo Casals (1876—1973) was a Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor, known for his virtuosic technique, and skilled...

  • Hero's colors come alive with silk violin strings

    Hero, an undeniable martial-arts classic, is an epic collaboration between Zhang Yimou, perhaps the biggest name in...

  • Dede Efendi: the father of the famous Ottoman waltz

    İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846) is one of the greatest Turkish classical composers. He has created masterpieces in all...
  • Sir William Walton by Fred Aris

    William Walton forgot that his only guitar work was written for guitar

    Great guitarist Julian Bream commissioned music from a number of composers to contribute to the creation of the modern...

  • Peggy Lee's sensual version of Fever replaced the original

    Fever, one of the biggest songs to define a generation, is a passionate love proclamation that spoke to listeners of all...
  • Heywood Hardy

    The true soul behind Elgar's Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, originally titled Variations on an Original Theme, is famous for its mysterious name,...

  • The lively nature of A Color Symphony emerged from the Great War horrors

    A Colour Symphony, dedicated to the legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult, was the first major orchestral work by the...
  • Fernando Sor

    Fernando Sor: the Beethoven of the guitar

    Spanish composer Fernando Sor was probably the most well-known guitar player in what has since been dubbed the First...

  • Star Wars meets Baroque classics

    The long-spanning Star Wars saga is embedded into our consciousness not only with its visual motifs but also its iconic...
  • Out Chorus by Romare Bearden

    The Stride Piano founder left nightclubs in favor of symphonic music

    James P. Johnson has secured an honorable place in jazz music history as one of the most gifted piano players and...
  • Arild Pinier by Justus Lundegard

    Sweet little waltz from a traveling Swedish fiddler

    Early Swedish music was primarily characterized by ballads and kulning, songs typically sung by women for the purpose of...

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