Quo musa tendis ? The question rises to the lips whenever we contemplate the development of modern music. If we are young and radical, we welcome enthusiastically the innovations of Strauss and ...

Ever wondered how modern music has become so epic? Of course, the popular artists of our day have learned a thing or two from ...

This is the final article in “The Postmodern Temper,” a series which examined the contemporary state of various artistic fields. Publication is made possible with support from the “New Works” Program ...

In these days of wireless earbuds, streams and podcasts, the notion of people gathering to hear a lone classical singer (with a pianist) perform densely structured art songs in a foreign tongue seems ...

Hawaiʻi’s deep, global impact on modern music. Narrated by Raiatea Helm, this PBS Hawai‘i documentary uncovers Hawaiʻi’s deep, global impact on modern music despite the political struggles they faced ...

JAZZ MODERNISM: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce. By Alfred Appel Jr. Knopf, $35; 282 pp. ALFRED Appel Jr.'s new book on jazz and other modern arts is a puzzling and often frustrating ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan's early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned ...

The Romantic era of music transformed how composers conveyed emotion, identity, and narrative through sound. From Beethoven’s groundbreaking symphonies to Chopin’s poetic piano works, the period ...