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Archive director in Germany says ‘missing piece of puzzle’ now in place to verify authorship after decades of research

The acquisitions come as part of the acceptance in lieu and cultural gifts schemes.

In May 1967, the band’s debut single changed the musical world. Nearly six decades later it’s developed a long and protracted legacy

Now you’ve composed the chords for your song, it’s time to find your inner voicing!

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music.

Publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home

The Madagascar Ridge, in the southwestern Indian Ocean, is a remote, elevated area of seabed south of Madagascar. In 2016, my colleagues and I discovered a new cartilaginous fish species in its deep waters; a catshark that we named Bach’s catshark (Bythaelurus bachi) after German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. (In…

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