Read more classical music stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1569/classical-music.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:41:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71252/beach-boy-wilson-to-complete-gershwin-songs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeach Boys songster Brian Wilson will put a gloss on unfinished tunes by revered Jazz Age composer George Gershwin. Gershwin’s estate tells the Los Angeles Times that dozens of fragments, from “a few bars to some almost finished songs and everything in between,” have been in limbo since Gershwin’s death...http://www.newser.com/story/71252/beach-boy-wilson-to-complete-gershwin-songs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:08:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70721/la-shows-the-love-to-28-year-old-maestro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Los Angeles Philharmonic greeted its new music director yesterday with waves, cheers, and bursts of brass and strings, and cameras tailed the new boss as he hugged his principal musicians. It wasn't a standard first day, but Gustavo Dudamel of Venezuela isn't a standard maestro—he's only 28 years...http://www.newser.com/story/70721/la-shows-the-love-to-28-year-old-maestro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 9:49:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67173/strep-throat-likely-killed-mozart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome have speculated Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died of eating undercooked pork; others have said he was poisoned. Now researchers believe he may have died of strep throat, Reuters reports. There was a “minor epidemic” of strep in Vienna when Mozart died, and findings suggest “Mozart was one of several persons...http://www.newser.com/story/67173/strep-throat-likely-killed-mozart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 7:56:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65906/newfound-mozart-works-written-in-sisters-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo pieces by a 7- or 8-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart went undiscovered for more than a century because they were written in his father Leopold’s hand, the New York Times reports. Austrian researchers have disclosed new details about the works after announcing the finding in July: The music consists of...http://www.newser.com/story/65906/newfound-mozart-works-written-in-sisters-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 13:27:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65646/tweeting-beethoven-a-noteworthy-development.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a bid to win over multitaskers and technophobes, the National Symphony Orchestra will tweet along with tonight's performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, the Washington Post reports. Audience members with appropriate gadgets can sit in a special section on the lawn at Wolf Trap, in suburban Virginia, and follow posts...http://www.newser.com/story/65646/tweeting-beethoven-a-noteworthy-development.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 10:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65161/2-new-mozart-pieces-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo pieces of music found in the vaults of the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria, have been confirmed as the work of Mozart himself, the BBC reports. The compositions are for solo piano, but other details are being kept under wraps until a formal announcement next month, said a...http://www.newser.com/story/65161/2-new-mozart-pieces-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 17:00:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64553/beckham-of-classical-music-is-hit-on-charts-with-ladies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe covers Michael Jackson songs, and considers Mozart and Metallica equally influential—David Garrett is not your average classically trained violinist, but perhaps that’s why his self-titled debut has sat atop the classical crossover charts for three weeks. The German-born 28-year-old—who modeled on the side during his time at...http://www.newser.com/story/64553/beckham-of-classical-music-is-hit-on-charts-with-ladies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 16:12:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64353/conductor-downes-wife-end-lives-in-swiss-suicide-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish conductor Edward Downes and his wife, Joan, have died at a Swiss suicide clinic, ending their lives “under circumstances of their own choosing,” the couple’s children said today. Downes, 85, was largely blind and Joan, 74, had cancer, the Times of London reports, which their children say prompted their...http://www.newser.com/story/64353/conductor-downes-wife-end-lives-in-swiss-suicide-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:18:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59534/opera-sounds-good-but-how-does-it-smell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new opera premiering at the Guggenheim Museum in New York later this month will be a feast for the ears, the eyes—and the nose. Green Aria , a 30-minute "scent opera" years in the making, pairs music with 23 distinct odors blasted at the audience via individual microphone-like emitters....http://www.newser.com/story/59534/opera-sounds-good-but-how-does-it-smell.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 8:57:00 CDT