Was Johann Sebastian Bach Western classical music’s “last Asian composer”? The question was raised in Bombay in March 1985 at a seminar celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great ...

One of the more unexpected side effects of the digital revolution, it seems, has been to turn us all into remixers. Unthinkable even a decade ago, we all now routinely borrow and collage, recombining ...

Johann Sebastian Bach never completed his 18th-century work “The Art of Fugue,” but now a computer might do it for him. University of Washington researchers on Wednesday released MusicNet, a ...

Classical music is having something of a modern renaissance. With sales of classical CDs and streaming increasing by more than 10% last year - almost double the average rise across all genres - more ...

For 38-year-old composer Johann Sebastian Bach, his 1723 appointment as musical director (Thomaskantor) in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig must have seemed like a huge step. What Bach could not know ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Calm and graceful, this cello piece by Bach slowly dances through hopefulness, longing and introspection. Calm and graceful, this cello piece ...

Feeling ‘suite’ toothed? Must be the Bach... A study has been published showing how classical music makes us crave chocolate biscuits and other sweet treats. No, we’re not going crackers. This ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Modern Jazz Quartet epitomized what some observers labeled, perhaps derisively, "chamber jazz." The recently formed Classical Jazz Quartet (CJQ), featuring bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron ...

The New Modern Jazz Quartet... It is hard to not compare this Classical Jazz Quartet to the Modern Jazz Quartet. They both have the same format of outstanding individual superstars, they both have a ...