classical music
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McClain grew up studying classical music and began playing guitar as a teenager; he got his start in the music industry as a session player for the likes of Lionel Richie and Gladys Knight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The wider public discovered Monroe, sporting long braided hair, in a TV talent show dedicated to young classical music virtuosos.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Less a recondite modernist experiment than a grandly mysterious yet accessible achievement, the composition marked a profound shift in 20th-century classical music.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
There is another set of names that is commonly used, particularly in classical music, to talk about harmonic relationships.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
