classical music
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British conductor Daniel Harding, who combines classical music with being a part-time commercial airline pilot, has landed the top job with one of the leading orchestras in the US.
From BBC • May 26, 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
At a time when classical music largely avoided direct repetition, “Music for 18 Musicians” was reiterative throughout, buoyed by a steady pulse that allowed not a second of silence during its hour of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The instant and worldwide acclaim that greeted the birth of Der Rosenkavalier in 1911 seemed to underline the two-hundred-year Austro-German dominance of classical music that had begun with J. S. Bach.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
