While we were whistling the Andy Griffith theme, bemoaning the loss of d**k Martin, Sydney Pollack and Harvey Korman, we lost a really big Hollywood composer. Alexander Courage, the composer of Star Trek fame, also passed.

May he rest in space. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

After suffering from cancer, oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre has died. He's most famous for the score of Lawrence of Arabia. He will certainly be remembered from his great movie music. RIP picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

An award-winning composer gave the Brooklyn Philharmonic more than $70,000 to perform his magnum opus, only to watch in agony as the cash-strapped orchestra "butchered" the piece to avoid paying musicians overtime, a new lawsuit alleges. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Experts have digitally rebuilt the face of 18th century German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Why? Who knows. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms. Timeless greats. Why is it that the world never remembered the name of Johann Gambolputty... picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

A hidden hoard of recordings made by the electronic music pioneer behind the Doctor Who theme has been revealed - including a dance track 20 years ahead of its time. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Neal Hefti, former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer was 85. Theme song in comments picked by suebe 1 year ago

The piece honors Pfc. Aaron Edgin and Cpl. Kevin Griner, both killed in battle in 2006, and "all soldiers who have fallen in the name of freedom," he says. Its title: "The Sonata of War and Peace." picked by suebe 3 years ago

Niccolo (Nicolas) Paganini was a famous Italian violinist and composer of the 19th century. He was one of the most admirable virtuosi of his times, and still he remains among the most influential musicians ever, with absolute musical abilities and talent in composition. Besides, he is considered to be a revolutionist in the art of playing violin due to his innovative approaches to performing, uniq... read full post picked by cactushair 10 months ago

The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer is a partially analog, partially sample-based drum machine built by Roland Corporation in 1984. Together with TB-303 and TR-808, they form a legendary synthesizer line which bring Roland almost to a cult branch for techno music producers. Now, you can play with a virtual TR-909 online, after a click. Cool creation from André Michelle laboratory. picked by andrego 2 years ago

We called for professionals and amateur musicians of all ages, locations and instruments to audition for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra by submitting a video performance of a new piece written for the occasion by the renowned Chinese composer Tan Dun. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff is famed
for having had enormous mitts and writing piano
music to match. So how do small-handed pianists
get around playing it? Here's an ingenious
solution. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

To most of us, a Mozart piano sonata is an elegant succession of notes. To composer and music theorist Dmitri Tymoczko of Princeton University in New Jersey and his colleagues, it is a journey in multidimensional space that can be described in the language of geometry and symmetry. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

An incredibly beautiful piece of music by the Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni. Featured in the war movie Gallipoli as well as several other movies. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

An Austrian pianist performed two newly discovered pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the first time in public on Sunday in a house where the master composer once lived. Video in comments picked by suebe 4 months ago

A gorgeous piano melody by contemporary classical music composer Ludovico Einaudi. picked by chimerical 1 year ago

A composer who refused to pay £5 for a lost car parking ticket at a supermarket ended up in police custody for six hours, was interrogated, finger-printed and made to take a DNA test, it has been disclosed. picked by topofall 2 years ago

This is an experimental piece by the late modern composer György Ligeti involving (as the title explains) 100 metronomes ticking at once. Its kind of crazy, but kind of cool!
(feel free to skip the first minute of the video unless you understand French) picked by mahler87 2 years ago

The LA Times has reported that the estate of the George Gershwin recently authorized Wilson to complete some songs left behind when the composer passed away in 1937. picked by ITC518 2 months ago

Celebrations marking the 250th birthday of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are being held around the world.

Learn some more about who some say was the original rock 'n' roll star at The Mozart Project

Thumbnail courtesy or W1k picked by DoggyLives 10 months ago