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.
Part three of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
This hauntingly beautiful work for cello, composed by the great cello virtuoso Pablo Casals, is entitled "Song of the Birds.
A bugler, playing Taps at a funeral, has only one chance to "get it right."
Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony on May 7, 1824 at the Krntnertortheater in Vienna.
David Bowie died on January 10, 2016. He sang this song - "Putting Out Fire" - for the 1982 remake of "Cat People." Quentin Tarantino used it for one ...
In this interpretation of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concert No. 2, we hear strains of his work which are incorporated into a popular song called "All By My...
Just before the bombs began to fall in Warsaw, marking the beginning of Poland's long years of World War II turmoil, this part of Rachmaninoff's 2nd p...
This clip features Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
On the heels of his Leonore disappointment, Beethoven also struggled with his personal life.
If General Santa Anna ordered a bugle to sound the signal "No Quarter," what did the Alamo defenders hear?
This cello sonata, by Schubert, is a favorite of Nathaniel Ayers.
The misery of people forced to build, and defend, Chinas Great Wall produced at least one major benefit.
Story
Chapter
Story Brief
Learning Task
Image
Audio
Questions to Ponder
Audio Narration
Document