A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between.

Every year, music lovers across the globe pause to celebrate an instrument that has shaped melodies, emotions, and entire musical eras, the piano. Marked on the 88th day of the year, World Piano Day ...

IT'S MARCH, and the madness continues. As we buckle up for college basketball chaos and buzzer-beater glory, we have everything to prepare you for the men's and women's NCAA tournaments. From where ...

Introduction -- Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua -- Cristofori in Florence -- Cristofori's extant instruments -- Musical life in Florence in Cristofori's time -- Cristofori's influence -- Conclusions -- ...

At nearly 80 years old, Marie Catherine Laveau-Glapion, “Widow of Paris,” died in her home on June 15, 1881. She was succeeded by her daughter Marie Laveau II, who carried on the Voodoo traditions of ...

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

Episode: 1551 In which Gary Larson tells us the piano was invented earlier than we thought. oday, a lesson in invention from the Far Side.

Based on the book entitled Pianos in the Smithsonian Institution by Helen Rice Hollis. Issued in container. "NMHT 6"--Container spine. Summary An introduction to one of the largest piano collections ...