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Incredible footage shows young, one-handed girl playing violin with ingenious prosthetic device

Incredible footage shows young, one-handed girl playing violin with ingenious prosthetic device
Belgium stands for the national anthem prior to the FIFA 2018 World Cup Group H Qualifier

What are the lyrics to the national anthem of Belgium, ‘La Brabançonne’?

Composer Shirley J Thompson writes new work for BSO Resound

‘We need to tell the unskewed history of music’ – classical composer writes new work for disabled-led ensemble

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World’s oldest active boys’ choir to establish separate choir for girls, for first time in 1,000-year history

World’s oldest active boys’ choir to establish separate choir for girls, for first time in 1,000-year history
Star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s passport disaster fixed after Home Office blunder

Star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s passport disaster fixed after Home Office blunder

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Periods & Genres

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Film & TV

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A detailed musical analysis of England’s popular football anthem, ‘Three Lions’

Three Lions: A musical analysis of Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds’ football anthem
Cats teach musical terms

13 cats who will accurately teach you musical terminology

When Leonard Bernstein sang the Beatles and the Kinks to elegantly teach the ‘Mixolydian’ mode in music

When Leonard Bernstein sang the Beatles and the Kinks to elegantly teach the ‘mixolydian’ mode in music

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Israel Eurovision contestant Eden Alene sings a B6 whistle note

Listen as Israel’s Eurovision singer produces a super-high B6 note, the highest ever in the competition

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Ivan Fischer improves 'Happy Birthday'

Conductor completely tears apart ‘Happy Birthday’ and makes it a million times better

Iván Fischer

Humour

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Trumpet plastic bottle mute

These trumpeters used plastic bottles as mutes, because… conductor said so

Spotify Only You: here's what Bach's Unique Pair would be

Spotify Only You: Here’s who the great classical composers would have had as their unique combinations
People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

People are inventing playable ‘bathroom pianos’ and we have questions

Comic piano genius Victor Borge blends Beethoven with 'Happy Birthday'

Comic piano virtuoso Victor Borge seamlessly weaves ‘Happy Birthday’ into Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Beethoven

Someone woke up with a shriek during Stravinsky's The Firebird

A concertgoer fell asleep during Stravinsky’s The Firebird and woke up with a giant shriek

Women in Music

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Catharina Pratten, the superstar guitarist and composer who taught Queen Victoria’s children

Ever heard of Catharina Pratten, the star guitarist and composer who taught Queen Victoria’s daughters?
Meet Margaret Bonds, a student of Florence Price and the first Black musician to perform with the Chicago Symphony

Margaret Bonds studied with Florence Price, and was the first Black soloist to perform with Chicago Symphony

Women in Music

Meet Dorothy Rudd Moore, the composer who studied with Nadia Boulanger and established the Society of Black Composers

Ever heard of Dorothy Rudd Moore, the trailblazing melodist who established a society for Black composers?

Women in Music

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The music of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix – how blues musicians transcended racial barriers

The music of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix – how blues musicians transcended racial barriers
Composer Yoko Shimomura wrote music for Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XV among other popular video games,

7 of the best pieces of music by video game composer Yoko Shimomura

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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

Lifestyle

Are these phrases music terms or Harry Potter spells?

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

Lifestyle

Your life is worthy of any great opera plot. But which one?

Tell us your life story and we’ll reveal which opera is literally about you.

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