Classical Music

This season, works by women composers are being featured more frequently by many American orchestras. Mozart and Schubert, meet Mazzolli and Shaw.

• By Tom Jacobs

Our hormones appear to influence our musical preferences.

• By Tom Jacobs

As the genre faces tough economic times, the acclaimed pianist is rethinking how to perform, present, and market it.

• By Tom Jacobs

We're more open to certain genres than we were 20 years ago, and more closed to others.

• By Tom Jacobs

A Minnesota experiment in which live musicians perform for waiting patients gets high marks from the staff.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research says that may have been the fate of some of the 19th century’s greatest composers.

• By Tom Jacobs

A Greek study found classical music fans are particularly prone to its positive physiological effects.

• By Tom Jacobs

Listening may not be the best way to judge an orchestra's chops.

• By Paul Bisceglio

But a study finds men are more likely to be judged as good-looking if heavy metal is used as background music on their homepage.

• By Tom Jacobs

A new study from Australia finds working as an orchestral musician takes an intense physical toll.

• By Tom Jacobs

Who would write, almost daily, 1,000-word overviews of composers and music that most of the general population has never heard of and probably don't care to know about? Inside the weird world of Amazon's most hardcore reviewers and their quest for the best.

• By John Fram

New research suggests that, contrary to common belief, ticket buyers are not particularly hostile toward contemporary compositions.

• By Tom Jacobs