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You don't know these 10 Mozart works - but you really should

So you think you know your Wolfgang? Misha Donat uncovers 10 works you might not have heard before...
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Ondes Martenot: a guide to this early, eerie electronic musical instrument

We explain the workings of the unusual instrument, the Ondes Martenot, that takes centre stage in Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler: darling of the Nazis or secret opponent?

Wilhelm Furtwängler has long been seen as a symbol of Nazism. But, as Andrew Green explains, the conductor was a strong opponent of the regime
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We celebrate musical theatre lyricists, so why don't we credit great opera librettists?

And the BAFTA goes to… Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist

The British composer took home the BAFTA for Original Score last night, in recognition of his thrillingly original music for The Brutalist…
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'Miraculous' or 'evil': 10 quotes by musicians and critics about controversial conductor Herbert von Karajan

What have critics and performers said about the formidable Austrian conductor, Herbert von Karajan, over the years?
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40 Years of EastEnders – Meet the composer behind one of British TV’s most familiar tunes

As the BBC’s flagship soap celebrates its 40th anniversary, we sit down for a chat with Simon May, the composer who wrote its eminently hummable theme music
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