Have you ever wondered what the most popular string quartets are? There’s no easy objective way to answer that question, but one way to try is by looking at which YouTube videos of string quartet performances have garnered the most

During the golden age of eighteenth-century English music, no single family in the entire British Empire was more talented than the Linleys of Bath. Parented by the ambitious composer and impresario Thomas Linley the Elder and his wife Mary Johnson

Mark Hambourg (1879–1960) was born in Russia but made his career in England. His entire family was musical: his father was the pianist Michael Hambourg (1855–1916), a student of Anton Rubinstein, and three of his younger brothers, Boris, Jan, and Clement,

Let’s face it, trumpet players are stereotyped as confident, brash, adventurous, swaggering perfectionists driven by the obsession to excel at playing the highest notes. But they are so cool. With daring they can let rip brilliant sounds and attract attention

The Classical Era lasted roughly between 1730 and 1820. Most people know the marquee names of the era: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. However, their colleagues included dozens of gifted women composers who were also writing symphonies, concertos, and chamber works

Think you know classical music history? Think again. From the fact that many listeners in the history of classical music never heard a full orchestra, to the rediscovery of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons after nearly two centuries of obscurity, to the

There have been many turning point years in the history of classical music. However, for our money, the 365-day period between the start of June 1912 and the end of May 1913 was the most important single year in classical

American composer Mark Edwards Wilson takes us around the world on Dangerous Journeys. We start in the white water of a river to brave its rapids. We then visit a lonely nightingale, singing amidst the ruins of its native Ukraine.