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Trying to compare the net worths of classical composers across the centuries is tough. Currencies have changed; governments have fallen; and financial systems of the 1720s aren’t particularly comparable to those of the 2020s. And yet despite all that, it’s

Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm Inspires Composer Camille Pépin American artist Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) created Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) in his studio in Springs, New York, working with an unprimed canvas on the ground while he poured and scattered paint on

The latest collaboration between pianist Cheryl Duvall and composer Linda Catlin Smith marks the beginning of a remarkable multi-volume recording project devoted to Smith’s complete piano works. Its first installment, The Plains, is an hour-long solo piece that invites listeners to enter an expansive world

Claude Debussy, the French composer whose evocative and innovative works reshaped the landscape of Western classical music, remains a towering figure in the canon of impressionist music. His compositions, characterised by fluid harmonies, delicate textures, and a painterly approach to

Can you tell your Wagner from your Wallen? Or your Schubert from your Seeger? Test your classical music general knowledge and your powers of puzzle-solving alongside fascinating insights into the lives and works of the great composers, living and dead,

Faster than a waltz and designed to get the dancers really moving, the Galop moved in the 1820s from country dances to sophisticated Paris society. It was the predecessor to the next fast item to hit the dancefloor, the polka.

For many people, the names of Bach, Mozart, and Wagner evoke feelings of gratitude and awe for their musical works. But for the children of these composers, their names – and the growing legacies that became associated with them –