Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor Bach's famous piece ... Saint-Georges was the first Classical composer of African ancestry and was a champion fencer, conductor and virtuoso ...

Mozart owned a starling, Shostakovich loved his dog, and Ravel was smitten with his kittens. We take a look at our favourite composer-pet relationships. Life can be lonely for a composer, who may ...

She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music ... elements of the famous composers’ styles in light ...

For 59-year-old Gabriela Ortiz, one of Mexico’s best-known classical composers, rhythm is often at the center of her music. “The pulse is very important for us, or at least to me. My connection with ...

Liszt was one of the most important composers of the Romantic era – discover our selection of the best Liszt works. The Transcendental Études are a set of twelve highly varied and technically ...

Verdi was the greatest Italian opera composer – the best Verdi works feature 10 masterpieces including ‘Rigoletto,’ ‘La Traviata,’ and ‘Aida.’ Aida, one of Verdi’s best operas ...

But what is each composer's best work? That's hard to pin down and ... John Carpenter not only directed a slasher film classic with Halloween, but he's also responsible for the eerie theme song ...

The 37-year-old French-Georgian, who has collaborated with major mainstream artists like Coldplay and A$AP Rocky, released ...

Romantic composer Robert Schumann had an extremely turbulent life, with several episodes of overwhelming depression that quite literally haunted him. Despite this, or rather because of this, he was ...

Of the more than 300 works "transmitted" to her, most came from classical composers, but there were also works from John Lennon and jazz pianist 'Fats' Waller. Eccentric Australian composer Percy ...

Considered one of the great composers of the 20th century, the deeply expressive Béla Bartók synthesised elements of folk music of Hungarian and related cultures into classical forms ...