Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, inspired by the parlor trick of playing music on water-filled glasses. The ...

For centuries, the standard wood used to make string instruments’ bows has come from the pernambuco tree in Brazil. Its ...

Fender, which makes the "Stratocaster" electric guitar made famous by musicians such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has ...

King gets musical welcome as he opens University of Oxford building - Charles toured the university’s Stephen A Schwarzman ...

A free concert celebrating Scotland is to take place at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall in September – wishing to bring the city ...

Germany has produced some of the greatest compositional voices in history – many of whom are considered among the best across ...

Although one of the poems, titled Shan Gui, or Ghost of Mountains, was written for the bianzhong, the German could not find ...

The State College Little German Band, the oldest continually performing community band in Centre County, is composed of 35 ...

"Bach in Potsdam, Telemann in Paris" brings together works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Georg Philipp Telemann on July 23 ...

Composer Ludwig Göransson has reunited with Christopher Nolan to score “The Odyssey,” marking their third collaboration after ...

It has long been understood that musical training brings many positive effects, cognitively and emotionally. Much of the previous research, however, has focused on children. And in fact, when we tend ...

Homeowners and renters insurance both cover musical instruments as a part of their personal property protection, but that coverage can be limited. While you may be able to make some increases to that ...