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Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé sing 'Barcelona'

The iconic time Freddie Mercury and soprano Montserrat Caballé’s duet initiated the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

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Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony begins on Friday 23 July

Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony: Every piece of music played at the event

All the video game music used at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony

All the video game music used at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony

Great classical music to accompany your commute (even if your drive isn’t quite as lovely as this)

The most glorious classical driving playlist to accompany your commute

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz Canel listens to the national anthem at the Festival International de Ballet

What is Cuba’s national anthem, who wrote it and what do the lyrics mean in English?

Periods & Genres

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Renaissance

Renaissance

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Baroque

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Romantic

Film & TV

Film & TV

Music Theory

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Three Lions lyrics, melody and instrumentation: Just how good is Football’s Coming Home?

Three Lions lyrics, melody and instrumentation: Just how good is Football’s Coming Home?

The greatest classical music drops

Six of the biggest dance floor ‘drops’ in classical music history

Music theory song

One song that teaches you everything about music theory

Why do we call classical music ‘classical music’?

Why do we call classical music ‘classical music’?

‘We are Britain’ song analysis

Top composer analyses ‘patriotic’ One Britain song the government wants all schoolchildren to sing

Humour

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Musicians reveal their biggest concert disasters

Classical concert disasters: musicians reveal their cringiest performance fails

Baby has priceless reaction to hearing operatic mum sing for the first time

Baby has priceless reaction to hearing operatic mum sing for the first time

Playing guitar really badly

19 dad jokes about classical music that are so bad they’re actually hilarious

Car horn symphony meme

17 fortissimo classical memes that are literally music to my ears

Orchestra interrupts Prokofiev with Star Wars’ ‘Imperial March’, in hilarious prank on conductor

Orchestra interrupts Prokofiev with Star Wars ‘Imperial March’ in hilarious prank on conductor

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Women in Music

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Composer, conductor and pianist Avril Coleridge-Taylor

Meet Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s daughter Avril, a trailblazing conductor, composer and pianist in her own right

Women in Music

Colette Maze: "The piano is always faithful"

Watch inspiring 107-year-old pianist Colette Maze, who has played for more than a century

The real story of American heiress Florence Foster Jenkins, the ‘world’s worst opera singer’

The real story of American heiress Florence Foster Jenkins, the ‘world’s worst opera singer’
Lili Boulanger

Ever heard the music of Lili Boulanger, one of the 20th century’s most exciting composers?

Ethel Smyth

Meet Ethel Smyth, the 20th-century composer who was also a suffragette and political activist

Quizzes

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Can you name these blurred-out musical instruments?

We blurred these 15 musical instruments, but any real music geek will still recognise them

Lifestyle

Put the musical instrument in its correct place in the orchestra

QUIZ: Can you put the musical instrument in its correct place in the orchestra?

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Perfect pitch quiz

Do you have perfect pitch? Take our test and find out

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Answer these questions truthfully and we’ll reveal which classical composer is your soulmate

Answer these questions and we’ll reveal which classical composer is your actual soulmate

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Are these phrases music terms or Harry Potter spells?

QUIZ: Is it a Harry Potter spell or a musical term?

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Music for Studying

Music for Studying

Relaxing Music

Relaxing Music

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Summer

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Wedding Music

Wedding Music

Music for Memorials

Music for Memorials

Christening Music

Christening Music

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Violin

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Cello

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Piano

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Guitar