For those who love Western classical music, it’s a godsend. But as a global app, Apple Music Classical barely scratches the surface.

In Western classical music, some of my most influential teachers have been Aaron Jay Kernis, Susan Botti, and Chris Theofanidis. Aaron always asked me the most thoughtful questions, ...

Western classical music is an unusual case. The reference point for a given piece of music is the score, rather than a studio recording or a live performance.

Among the pedestaled titans of Western music, George Frideric Handel was the first composer whose work not only quickly became celebrated in his own time but has been heralded ever since. Before ...

Western classical music has at times emerged from or elicited political passions. But those passions were usually associated with nationalist movements against monarchical regimes, exemplified by the ...

Western classical music itself has been enriched with various intercultural borrowings, as Lutchmayer demonstrated in his closing recital: Edvard Grieg thawed Nordic chill in his sprightly ‘Puck ...

Whether Bach, Beethoven, or Mozart, it’s widely recognized that classical music can affect a person’s mood. In a study published August 9 in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports, scientists in China ...

Whether Bach, Beethovan, or Mozart, it's widely recognized that classical music can affect a person's mood. Scientists use brainwave measurements and neural imaging techniques to show how Western ...