In 1987, after she built her house in Berlin, Vt., pianist Sylvia Parker began hearing rumors about the neighborhood’s musical history. “People started asking me, did I know anything about a musician ...

One of the great composers of the early 20th century, Béla Bartók was also one of the founders of the field of ethnomusicology. Bartók collected folk music from Slovakia, Transylvania and his native ...

The hair of the bow gently caresses the string, catching an "A" high on the upper register. Then, in a series of sweeping glissandos, it descends the diatonic scale in a minor mode. I am caught in its ...

The KSO string section present the music of Bartok alongside Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s “Primal Message”. Concertmaster William Shaub and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra string section present the music ...

The revolutionaries of early 20th-century music may not be well-loved, but at least they’re well-known. Everyone can recognise the gnomelike figure of Igor Stravinsky, and Arnold Schoenberg is famous ...

Bela Bartok had a breakthrough moment in his early 20s, when he heard a peasant woman singing folk songs. From that point on, he collected, recorded (on an Edison phonograph) and notated hundreds of ...

Over the past few days, I’ve been listening to some of my favorite Bartok, in particular his amazing, complex Concerto for Orchestra and his second piano concerto. I have been drawn to his music for ...

Cutting through the marketing noise and TikTok trends, these shows deliver unbiased, straightforward tips on everything from serums to supplements. By Emma Dibdin Romeo Castellucci directs, and Teodor ...