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A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own. -
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
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Silenced by breast cancer at the height of her sparkling career, the great English singer Kathleen Ferrier's legacy lives on in a new 14-CD set and documentary. -
On his new album, Saltarello, the adventurousviolist creates surprising musical juxtapositions.
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The improvisational music of father and son Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus functions as a beautiful conversation. Soler plays a delicate flamenco guitar, while Claus turns the cello into an exquisitely expressive voice. The two bring that spirit to their intimate performance in the NPR Music offices.
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NPR's Nina Totenberg recalls her late father's mastery of music, as well as his love of life.
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After 11 days and 400-plus submissions, we unveil a winner in our first classical caption contest.
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Pianist and competition founder Van Cliburn, one of classical music's megastars, has 150 items going to auction at Christie's, from silver owned by the Russian tsars to his mother's Steinway piano. The sale is expected to bring in more than $3 million.
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The political identity of composer Dmitri Shostakovich has been a topic of debate for decades.
