The Musical Mysteries of Josquin
During the Renaissance, his crystalline choral works led him to be celebrated as the Michelangelo of music. But many works attributed to him may be those of gifted contemporaries.
A Pianist Comes Around on Period Instruments
Early in his career, Andras Schiff disdained historical authenticity. Now he embraces it, including on a revelatory new Brahms recording.
The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later
Centuries after his death, Josquin des Prez’s achievements as a musical “magician-mathematician” remain stunning.
How should we articulate early music on modern instruments? [may require subscription]
How to use Baroque bow techniques to build variety, lightness and flow into every phrase.
Opera Lafayette Appoints Lisa Mion as Interim Managing Director
Previously serving as Production Manager, Mion will take on the new role effective immediately.
Opinion: On the margins
Conservatoires should do more to make 17th-century music a fundamental part of the curriculum.
Touchy, arrogant, but a genius? Meet the West’s first great classical composer [Subscription Content]
His revolutionary sound defined the Renaissance era. So how did we forget this Copernicus of music?
Two Years Later: An Update on the Organs at Notre-Dame de Paris
Olivier Latry, titular organist at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and professor of organ at the Conservatoire de Paris, discusses music at Notre-Dame, the current and planned repairs of the grand orgue, as well as impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘We Will Never Break’: In Iraq, A Yazidi Women’s Choir Keeps Ancient Music Alive
“This folk music, it’s also a kind of affiliation of our religion,” says Mamou Othman, who studies music as psychotherapy at the University of Dohuk. “There are special songs that only the Yazidis sing.”
Gaming technology recreates 16th-century music in Scottish chapel
Researchers capture how choral music would have sounded in birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots.