Music is like a language which everyone understands. It is an art form capable of generating great emotional response. Meet some of the world's famous composers and musical performers in this collection of music-based stories.
Beethoven's Third Symphony, commonly known as the Eroica (Heroic) was revolutionary for its time.
In 1954, a young Leonard Bernstein makes his first television appearance as he explains (and illustrates) why Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was so revolu...
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
NOTE: Due to its age, the first few seconds of this clip are grainy.
Although Leonard Bernstein became a famous musician, composer and conductor, he had a very difficult childhood.
Johanna took Ludwig back to court after her son, Karl, ran away from Beethoven's home.
In 1822, the London Philharmonic Society commissioned Beethoven to compose a new symphony.
After Medgar Evers was murdered, in his own driveway, Bob Dylan wrote a song commemorating the civil-rights leader.
When he was just twenty years old, Bob Dylan wrote a song about "The Death of Emmett Till.
This clip, from the film Captain Corellis Mandolin, features Pelagias Song (played on a mandolin).
This is the Cavatina - the fifth movement from Beethoven's String Quartet in B-flat major, Opus 130.
Beethoven worked on the Appassionata at a time when French soldiers occupied Vienna.
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