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Handel's Messiah disaster

The time a small church performed a dramatic Handel’s ‘Messiah’, and it went badly wrong

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Jingle Bells, or... Usher's 'Yeah!'?

‘Jingle Bells, Yeah!’ – music geeks rip into store’s Christmas notation confusion

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Medieval horse

This medieval artist had clearly never seen a horse in real life

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas?

Musicians are tearing apart this Christmas decoration with deeply confusing music notation

6 days ago

Viola jokes burn the worst

This gag from 1714 is thought to be the earliest known viola joke

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