Alongside a late Romantic sound world, Steiner also incorporated folk and patriotic music into his score, including ‘Louisiana Belle’, ‘Dolly Day’, and ‘Ringo De Banjo’ by Stephen Foster. The end ...

In case appearing in the highest-grossing films of his time isn’t enough, turns out ‘Jurassic Park’ actor Jeff Goldblum is also a dab hand at the piano. The album smashed the Billboard charts, jumping ...

John Field is a relatively unknown name in today’s classical music world, but he was a hugely influential figure in his day and created the nocturne, a form later perfected by Frédéric Chopin. He was ...

Maurice Ravel is one of the greatest French composers who ever lived. Along with Claude Debussy, he single-handedly changed the direction of French music in the early 20th century, leading to the ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States. But where do the lyrics come from, and what’s the history of the anthem? ‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ...

Everything you need to know about the musical multi-hyphenate fusing classical, jazz and pop to take over the music world. In 2024 Batiste released an album of music by Beethoven with blues ...

The conductor Daniel Barenboim has revealed that he has Parkinson’s disease. Daniel Barenboim has announced today that he has ...

The first ever opera about Margaret Thatcher’s time in office is coming to the stage. Titled Mrs T, the work will be “an intimate exploration of one of the most polarising and influential figures in ...

A team of researchers from Mexico has conducted a study measuring heart rate frequencies of babies in the womb, concluding that classical music has a positive effect. A team of researchers from the ...