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Cheers! Here are music's most boisterous drinking songs

We discover which composers were partial to a drinking song or two...
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Here's what happens when you play Debussy's 'Clair de lune' to a baby

This baby's reaction to his father playing Debussy and Chopin on the piano will give you a warm glow for the rest of the day
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'He rode his motorbike naked into the village': 15 very badly behaved composers

From Mozart to Peter Warlock, here are 15 composers who stepped out of line - socially, sexually, or just with too much motorbike-based nudity
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This composer's head and body were kept apart for 150 years. Here's the whole bizarre story

The remarkable tale of the composer whose head was removed from his body after death - and reunited with it almost 150 years later
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Lord of the Rings composer honoured at the first ever London Soundtrack Festival

Oscar-winning Canadian composer Howard Shore was awarded ‘The Gunning Inspiration Award’ at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the first ever London Soundtrack Festival…
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The great composers

Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers

Greatest Recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

Albums of the week

A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine

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A selection of the best reviewed albums from the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine
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