Is classical music in a "new golden age"? Heather Mac Donald recently argued this at length in City Journal, a right-leaning quarterly. Despite widespread pessimism, she takes the view that ...

Discover the fascinating origins and evolution of classical music, from ancient beginnings to legendary composers like Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and Chopin. Dive deep into six key periods of music ...

The year is 1939. Hollywood’s golden age is in full swing. The Wizard of Oz takes us over the rainbow. Gone With The Wind sweeps across the South. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington stands up for what’s ...

Classical music has a reputation as old, elite and maybe not for younger audiences. But the radio show "From the Top" is trying to change that.

Rzewski (pictured below) has always been an eclectic composer, taking styles and ideas, from historical allusions to post-tonal harmonies, and combining them into lively and virtuosic piano works.

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But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...