Legal scholars, judges and constitutional lawyers would do well to consider the way interpreters have wrestled with different but equally challenging late 18th-century texts: classical music ...

Gandang Ahung is not only a cultural heritage but also a way for the Dayak Katingan Awa people to understand life, death, and ...

The absurd titles of Erik Satie’s compositions would provoke howls of laughter at concerts in early 20th-century Paris. Some critics condemned Satie’s eccentricities — but a new book argues that his ...

Ian Anderson reflects on giving Roy Harper his movie break, aggressively defending Dee Palmer from paparazzi intrusion, losing bassist Jeffrey Hammond, planning to quit touring – and the quiet couple ...

Drumming for Frank Zappa during the mid-1970s, Chester Thompson revealed the unlikely transgressions that would result in a swift firing from the late leader.

How seriously should we take their versions of the Satie myth? Erik Satie had a way with words. There have been few ...

A 30-minute symphony can drag on if you don't know what to listen for. Conductor Robert Franz shares four tips to help you feel engrossed in the drama and emotion of classical music.

By Joshua BaroneCorinna da Fonseca-WollheimSeth Colter WallsZachary Woolfe and Oussama Zahr The New York Times’s classical music and opera critics see and hear much more than they review.

Perhaps because he was nearing 60, as was its dedicatee and soloist at the premiere, the music (and the playing, notably in at least one review) was seen as in an aging style and the concerto fell ...

They were even farther apart in their opinions about each other's music which also led them to make judgements about each other's personalities. Did this change when they met? And after attending ...

If you’ve seen the hit TV show “Bridgerton,” you’ve likely heard the musical stylings of the Vitamin String Quartet. The ...