Little five-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed on the harpsichord, his small, dimpled hands moving quickly and precisely across the notes. The Empress of Austria, Maria Theresa, and her family ...

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Art enthusiasts have been using sheet music in their art projects for years and now the trend is catching on. Take a look at these wonderful ideas of using art to bring sheet music to life. Dora ...

Like many notable scientists, Albert Einstein was not only an outstanding physicist and mathematician, he was also a devoted amateur musician who played with some of the great performers of his time.

In a similar vein to many other classical composers who are collectively considered to be important, Beethoven was a pioneer. If you only examine his contribution to the piano repertoire, this ...

The prelude to Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde supplies the main musical theme of the film, and Trier‘s use of an overture-like opening sequence before the first act is a technique closely ...

Mozart and Beethoven are amongst the most celebrated composers in the Classical world of music. Not only their phenomenal outpouring of works but their personal lives continue to this day to fascinate ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the most influential and important composers whose life spanned the Classical and Romantic periods. His life began in Bonn, Germany in 1770. He was one of three ...

For some, the music of Mozart has darkness and seriousness that Haydn’s music does not share. Others consider Haydn’s music to lack depth in contrast to the output of Mozart. What is clear when ...

A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

The influence of W.A. Mozart across all areas of culture has been colossal, from the Baby Mozart Project through to contemporary song. You can hardly pass through a day without encountering the music ...

Reggae music has had a profound influence on many aspects of Western culture from fashion to popular music. Across the United Kingdom, the USA and Africa, Reggae secured a strong foothold in the ...