When you think of a waltz, it’s likely that your thoughts turn to Johann Strauss, the Viennese composer often dubbed ‘The ...

A man who pretended to be an instrument collector in order to steal over $300,000 of violins and bows has been sentenced to ...

From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of music. Although he only lived to 38, Mendelssohn left behind a remarkable ...

What’s the best classical music for Mother’s Day? From lullabies to symphonies, here are some of the most beautiful pieces of classical music written with mothers in mind, to celebrate the maternal ...

An 88-key piano has seven octaves plus three lower notes (B, B flat and A) below the bottom C. It has 52 white keys and 36 black keys (sharps and flats), with each octave made up of seven white keys ...

Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance at his former school, Thomas Mills High School in Suffolk, days after urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to invest £250m in music education. Singer-songwriter Ed ...