Think Stravinsky. “The Rite of Spring” awakens every cell in the listener’s body, as it evokes primitive sensibilities that are at once altogether new. Many pieces of contemporary classical music may ...

Editor's note: Xi'an wind and percussion ensemble, or Xi'an guyue, is a regional Chinese music genre. It is showcased primarily in Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, and ...

The word “symphony” is ultimately from Greek “symphonia,” concord of sounds, harmony, a meld of “syn-,” together (as in synchronize, synthesis) and “phōnẽ,” sound (as in phonetics, telephone). The ...