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what are you actually like quiz

What are you actually like, based on your musical taste?

Alison Balsom

‘Taking away music education is an incredibly dangerous thing’ says top trumpeter Alison Balsom
viola score joke

The 10 worst things about being a viola player

Hot cello from Knapp Music

Why you should never, ever leave your cello in a hot car

Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The best Hans Zimmer soundtracks

Periods & Genres

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Renaissance

Renaissance

Baroque

Baroque

Romantic

Romantic

Film & TV

Film & TV

Music Theory

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What is a tritone?

What is a tritone and why was it nicknamed the devil’s interval?

paul mccartney lieder composer

‘Eleanor Rigby’ proves that Paul McCartney would’ve been a genius Lieder composer

McCartney

beyonce glastonbury

Fact: Beyoncé is actually an insanely good operatic mezzo-soprano in disguise

Soulja Boy, Stravinsky and Bruno Mars

Here's how Stravinsky ended up in songs by Bruno Mars and Soulja Boy

music history in cat gifs

The entire history of classical music in cat gifs

Humour

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Conductor selfie sticks

Someone is replacing conductors’ batons with selfie-sticks and it's really something

Beethoven happy birthday

Happy Birthday in the style of Beethoven's Pathetique sonata is actually ingenious

story of my life meme

17 classical music memes that perfectly sum up your love life

chocolate bar musical taste

Can we guess your favourite chocolate bar from your favourite composer?

dinosaur conducts jurassic park

Jurassic Park conducted by an actual dinosaur is hilarious

Williams

Women in Music

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New York Philharmonic's Opening Gala celebrating their 175th Anniversary Season

Women could finally be allowed to wear trousers in the oldest US orchestra

Renée Fleming

Women’s voices temporarily drop by two semitones after pregnancy

Thea Musgrave at The Ivor Novello Awards

‘We communicate our truest human nature through music’: composer Thea Musgrave, who was honoured at The Ivor Novello Awards
Marni Nixon dubbed the voices of Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady

Who was Marni Nixon, the ‘ghost singer’ behind Hollywood’s famous actresses?

German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter

When were women first allowed to join the orchestra?

Quizzes

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Favourite symphony

Quiz: Can we guess your favourite symphony in just NINE questions?

God Save the Queen

Quiz: How well do you know the lyrics to the UK National Anthem?

Which instrument should you play

Quiz: Which instrument should you learn to play?

Can you pass GCSE Music?

Quiz: would you have passed GCSE Music?

John Williams quiz

How many John Williams movies can you name?

Mood

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Music for Studying

Music for Studying

Relaxing Music

Relaxing Music

Summer

Summer

Occasions

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Wedding Music

Wedding Music

Music for Memorials

Music for Memorials

Christening Music

Christening Music

Instruments

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Violin

Violin

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Cello

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Piano

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Guitar