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Verdi is one of those composers whose development progressed along a consistent path, so a batching together of the excerptable orchestral movements from his operas in chronological sequence offers a ...

'Bread of Heaven' lyrics ('Guide me, O thou great Redeemer') ...

What are the lyrics to 'South Australia', the traditional sea shanty?

Most associated with the operas of Wagner, a leitmotif is a brief musical device signifying a character, location or idea, as Charlotte Smith explains ...

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Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday ...

Puccini's La bohème: the best recordings of this masterful opera ...

Richard Morrison is the chief music critic and culture writer for The Times. He is also a columnist for BBC Music Magazine, for which he was awarded Columnist of the Year at the 2012 PPA Awards. In ...

Gregory Batsleer is a choral conductor, who currently serves as chorus director of both the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus. He has also served as ...

'America The Beautiful': what are the lyrics to this patriotic US song?

Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 3 performed by Khatia Buniatishvili ...