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 composed the Missa Solemnis (the Solemn Mass) to honor his patron, Archduke Rudolph, after he became Archbishop.
One of the most popular violinists of all time, Corelli was also a beloved seventeenth-century composer.
Karl van Beethoven, Ludwig's brother, died in 1815.
Yo-Yo Ma solos with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted byKurt Masur, playing Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.
Nathaniel Ayers is particularly fond of composer Ernst Bloch.
Before he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen directed this interpretation of Jean Sibelius' Symphony No.
Before he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen directed this interpretation of Jean Sibelius' Symphony No.
Before he became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen directed this interpretation of Jean Sibelius' Symphony No.
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was 63 years old - and living in Vienna - when he started to compose his oratorio, "The Creation" (known as "Die Schpfu...
After Beethoven's death, his close associates found letters addressed to his "Immortal Beloved.
The last months of Beethoven's life were eventful.
What are the sounds of a mandolin?
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