Mike Skinner cleverly sampled and repeated a phrase from Antonín Dvořák’s popular symphony ... estate as the music wasn’t in the public domain. The song has achieved long-time success ...

Birds. Both beautiful creature and apt for metaphor. That's why the animals have over the years been excellent subjects for ...

Tin Pan Alley has, over the years, played fast and loose with some of the best ... in classical music. The opening of Bruckner’s Fifth gives White the guitar figure that makes the song, though ...

Names like Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Ravel are not typically part of the music of ... vaudeville song from 1917 is based in part on a secondary melody from the famous Fantasie ...

As Classic FM’s Pet Classics returns this fireworks season, we present the best music to keep your pets happy during the lights and bangs of Bonfire Night... Classical music has ... the Dog)’ is one ...

and passionate songs took inspiration from art and literature. Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense ...

A rare musician who effortlessly straddled both classical and popular music, Sharma played the santoor for least 40 popular Hindi film songs sung by greats such as Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi ...

London has more world-famous symphony ... and the strength of music in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff, among other cities, show a depth and internationalism reflecting the development of ...

This weekend the good news is there are three excellent classical ... two songs from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” — “Mambo” and “Somewhere.” In between those popular ...