Searching for the perfect instrument to start music lessons? Here’s your chance — if you can afford it. A 311-year-old, rare ...

The Museum's music collections contain more than 5,000 instruments of American and European heritage. These include a quartet of 18th-century Stradivari stringed instruments, Tito Puente's autographed ...

When I turn on my car radio in the last decades of my life, I tune it first to classical music. How and why did this come to be? I play no instruments and my ear and voice are not musically ...

A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments ... hear what some of the different instruments sound like and see how they are played. Find out more about how ...

Classical music can feel daunting to dig into if you haven't had a lot of exposure to the genre or didn’t grow up playing an instrument ... or “a piece that is played.” ...

Edward Elgar knew the violin inside and out—he played it before turning to composing, crafting music that is both technically ...

A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever ...

Amir Khusrau (1253–1325) was a visionary poet, scholar, and musician who played a defining role in shaping hindustani ...