Earlier this year the magazine published an article titled A Brief History of Classical Music, purporting to be ‘a guided tour of the key composers and artistic movements that have made ...

This is part a series of articles by List contributor Alex Johnston that provides a personal history of classical music. Streaming music technologies has transformed how we read about music ...

But what is a concerto, and where did it come from? We examine the origins, development and history of one of classical music’s most famous forms. A concerto as we know it today is an instrumental ...

Classical music history’s most iconic photographs – from the haunting shots of the Cellist of Sarajevo, to Marian Anderson’s defiant performance at the Lincoln Memorial. The power of music has found ...

Charles Gounod also composed operas. There was a time when his Faust was the most popular opera in the world. That lineup ...

This Black History Month, a wide array of classical ... overlooked legacy of Black composers and artists in American classical music, and doubles as a preview of major talents pushing for a ...

The Fortas Chamber Music series has also contributed to a larger history project, hosting performances of the all-Black-and-Latino Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and Sphinx Virtuosi, mixing ...

This history may at least partly help explain why it is classical music that is so often deployed in such cases: “Not because of the actual sound of the music or inherent meaning,” writes the ...

On the whole, it was a fantastic concert, especially for those who desire to get more into classical music. While Tchaikovsky provided an upbeat but traditional example of the genre ...

In short, if the history of Western music is your jam, the app is great. But to my own experience as a trained musician, and talking with experts, Apple Music Classical in its current form has an ...

The Denver Inernational Airport has unveiled a temporary art exhibition in homage to the Aspen Music Festival and School.