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Franz Joseph Haydn, the greatest composer after Mozart of the Classical era of the late 18th century, wrote 175 works for an obscure instrument called the…

While this time of year is a natural time for all of us to spread some good will, anytime is a good time to make someone's day better. Last week, I wrote…

[I MERGED WITH LATER POST ABOUT THE SAME THING] Contemporary composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has already made a name for himself worldwide for his…

The use of music to re order parts of the brain was first offered in the States at the end of World War II, at Walter Reade Army Hospital. Veterans who…

The pronunciation of this city is sometimes in dispute, but never the spelling.

Richard Nixon's second inauguration, on Jan. 19, 1973, featured a starry concert at the then-new Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Philadelphia…

With the Columbus Foundation's annual Big Give campaign this week, encouraging and amplifying gifts to area nonprofits, it's good to acknowledge the…

Soprano Maria Callas—controversial, temperamental, with a voice described alternately as "dazzling" and "catastrophic"—remains an enigma whose recordings…

It's that time again. This weekend, June 10-12, art lovers and sun worshippers will flock to the downtown Columbus Riverfront like the swallows at…

The first Academy Awards given for music in films, a practice that began in 1934, named only the head of the music department of the studio instead of the…