The harpsichord generates sound by plucking strings when keys are depressed, in contrast to the piano which strikes them.

When Landowska began, nobody was writing harpsichord music; it was a dead art. Composers like Francis Poulenc (her student for a year) and the late Manuel De Falla wrote harpsichord music for her.

Free masterclass and tribute concert at Vera City Auditorium on 15 February brings Baroque music to life in a historic ...

Bach in the City, successor to the Chicago area's long-running Bach Week Festival, will present 'Bach and the Venetians,' the ...

Roche, who has made a name for himself with his work on iconic religious sites like Chartres cathedral in recent years, is ...

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It's dark and grisly, but still funny' - Squid talk to us about their new album Cowards, which has evil as its theme and ...

Lately, the good folks at Lee Mendelson Film Productions (creators of the Peanuts TV series) have been filling in those gaps ...

Emma Lou Diemer The Santa Barbara Music Club will devote its next free concert to the life and work of Emma Lou Diemer — "doyenne of Santa Barbara ...

The breathtaking music of Alice Coltrane has the power to stop listeners in their tracks and guide them to another realm of ...

Commemoration of William Christie’s eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s ‘Médée’ and ...