The musician who inspired Nina Simone to dedicate her “life to music”
The teacher.
Classical Music
The 19th-century track Cat Stevens called the greatest: “Number one pop song of all time”
“One perfect pop song.”
The one genre Brian Johnson found hard to stomach: “I don’t wanna hear it”
The wrong kind of feeling.
The radical 1843 concert that made Franz Liszt the world’s first true rock star
Mad, bad and dangerous to know.
Antonio Salieri: The composer accused of killing Mozart
It’s been the central storyline of popular plays for 200 years.
Mamoru Samuragochi: The strange tale of the deaf composer who wasn’t deaf and didn’t compose
It took an Olympic figure skating routine to bring the truth out.
Pachelbel’s Canon: How a classical composition forgotten for centuries became “the godfather of pop”
“…we’ve all used that in our own ways for the past 30 years.”
