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The pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the tenor Mark Padmore subtly threaded a program of Beethoven songs and Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.” By Joshua Barone It’s difficult to avoid superlatives when writing ...

A new Brigham Young University study shows that 5-month-old babies can distinguish an upbeat tune, such as “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, from a lineup of gloomier compositions. By age ...

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Beethoven’s vocal music is sometimes criticized for the instrumental quality of its melodies—that is, it doesn’t account for a singer’s need to breathe—but that problem doesn’t present itself in ...

Not everyone who fell under the spell of David Lowery in the '80s when Camper Van Beethoven were taking college radio by storm came along when he formed Cracker with his childhood friend, guitarist ...