The World of Music
Interesting facts and quirky stories from around the classical music world
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22/05/2013
Seven leading musicians – including Sir Mark Elder and soprano Deborah Voigt – tell us...
21/05/2013
Read the text for Brahms's A German Requiem, the work on this month's BBC Music Magazine...
03/05/2013
Watch our audio slideshow of paintings by Vermeer accompanied by music of his time
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In the July issue of BBC Music Magazine we present 15 truly unpleasant ways in which pianos have been treated over the years. Six of those occasions were, alas, filmed for posterity. Here they are...
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On the trail of Henry VIII, Lucie Skeaping uncovers the tale of a forgotten manuscript
OK, so Barcelona has the better football team. But which city has the greater musical heritage? Jeremy Pound compares the two…
Oliver Condy's quick guide to some of the greatest pipe organs in the world
In our June issue prodigies take centre stage as we name the ten best child composers. But who were the composers who bided their time and produced their masterpieces in later life? Rebecca Franks finds out
Are there neglected masterpieces? Or is the idea just a myth,
asks Iain Burnside
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Find out who triumphed at the 2009 awards and listen to clips from all the winning discs.
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