Sometimes a composer becomes so well known for a particular genre of music that other pieces go unrecognized. The following are three examples of composers who are famous for one thing but who ...

Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and guests. Explore the work of famed composer Joseph Haydn’s career with host Scott Yoo and featured guest artists as he ...

This is the problem: He did not die tragically young, but lived to a ripe old age. He did not leave a trove of letters scattered with four-letter words. And they haven’t made a famous film about him.

To most concertgoers a generation ago, Joseph Haydn was the composer of only twelve symphonies (inexplicably numbered 93-104), a few string quartets and the Austrian national anthem. According to the ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. Haydn spent much of his career in service to nobility, situated far away from the musical mainstream. He once said ...

The California Festival ended on Sunday. The inaugural festival’s website boasted more than 180 recent compositions performed by 100 statewide organizations since November 3. Among the festival’s ...

Composers often look the past for inspiration to transform and comment on musical riches. As bookends on the first concert of its second season Sunday at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts, Blue ...

Hailed for his musical originality and innovation, Russian composer and pianist Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was considered so avant-garde in his early days that he hardly seemed influenced by the ...

When the Handel and Haydn Society began in 1815, America was still four decades away from abolishing slavery. H+H would play concerts to support the Union Army, celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation ...