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Can you answer these quiz questions using just music notes?

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The 15 most famous tunes in classical music

Best symphonies: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Florence Price

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Most romantic opera duets (Stacey Alleaume as Violetta and Liparit Avertisyan as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Sydney, 2022)

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This week’s on-air highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery.

This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including Album of the Week and Drive Discovery

Amazing high school students sing ‘Down to the River to Pray’ from hotel balconies

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Prehistoric Planet 2 composers built other-worldly instruments using real dinosaur bones

Prehistoric Planet 2 composers built other-worldly instruments using real dinosaur bones

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Dudamel leaves Paris, four years earlier than his planned contract with the world-renown opera house

Gustavo Dudamel leaves Paris Opera four years early in shock resignation

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Alan Menken: ‘I knew about Lin-Manuel Miranda as a little boy, who was obsessed with The Little Mermaid!’

Alan Menken: ‘I knew about Lin-Manuel Miranda as a little boy, who was obsessed with The Little Mermaid!’

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Pop Gun Florida Orchestra

This orchestra gave their percussionist a pop gun, and his solo stole the show...

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