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Classical Composers Electronica Genres Instruments Jazz Lesson Plans Play with sound Music Traditions Pop The Orchestra Recording Virtual field trips

Meet music icons

Spotlight on famous music makers

Explore different genres

Discover sounds old and new

Doing It Your Own Way: Indie

The rise of independent music labels from 1982

Eastern Virginia Gospel

The stories of three distinct artists from eastern Virginia

Three Stacks High: Sound System Culture

Sound systems and heavy bass of Dancehall

Music in the Theatre

Listen to music played by the Camera Orchestra of Mantova

Meet the Steel Bands

Steel Bands of the U.K. Steel Pan scene

Portuguese Music Selection

Hear songs from Portuguese speaking people around the world (Portuguese)

The Moog and Jazz/Rock Fusion

Bridging the gap between 2 genres

What is the Tropicália movement?

Artistic and musical revolution

Atlanta's Rise in Hip-Hop

A brief history

Bob Marley

His music and legacy

Orchestral manoeuvres

Classical orchestras and musicians from around the world

Part 1

Meet the Members of the Orchestra Pt 1

Viola, cello and cor anglais

Part 2

Meet the Members of the Orchestra Pt 2

Percussion, the violin and trumpet

Sydney Opera House

Meet the orchestras and musicians of this world famous opera house

Story

Youth Orchestra Musicians

Lives behind the instruments

Meet Chineke!

The orchestra championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music

Watch and listen

Classical musicians

360 Video

Berlin Philharmonic in 360

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Berliner Philharmoniker (rehearsal)

Video

Young Musicians on Beethoven

Karajan-Academy

Video

Violinist Ekaterina Frolova on playing Beethoven’s symphonies

Wiener Philharmoniker

Instruments

Music making instruments old and new

Instruments

Introduction to Chinese Traditional Instruments

Tan Dun's 'Buddha Passion' Shanghai New Year Concert

Instruments

Musical Instruments of India

Authentic instruments for unique sounds

Instruments

Computers as Instruments

How music-making software went from experimental to essential

Instruments

17 Electronic Instruments ...

... that Shaped Modern Music

Instruments

Museum of Music

All the instruments old and new

Instruments

Atypical Wind Instruments

You blow through here, the music goes round and round

Explore the arts virtually

Virtual field trips

Visit the page

ExploreVisit La Scala

ExploreThe Master's Chamber, Sydney Opera House

ExploreThe Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Grand Hall

ExploreThe Opera House, Lyon

ExploreInside the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

Music traditions

From around the world

Recording and rewarding sound

Making music, recording music, celebrating music

Online Exhibit

Sounds of Cologne

WDR Studio for Electronic Music

Online Exhibit

The History of The GRAMMY Award

Find out more about it operates and selects its winners

Online Exhibit

From Sound to Sound Carrier

How records are made

Online Exhibit

The Shellac Project: Beethoven

A chance to hear early recordings of Beethoven masterpieces made between 1927-1942

Online Exhibit

Music at Home

Gramophones and vinyl records brought music into our living rooms

Online Exhibit

Emil Berliner

Inventor of the gramophone

Online Exhibit

Golden Age of Black Radio: Deejays

Learn how black deejays played an indispensable role in the overall success of Black radio

Jazz

Yeah yeah

Jazz

Life and Music of Charlie Parker

Saxophone supreme

Jazz

Giants of Jazz

Icons and innovators of America's music

Jazz

Kansas City Jazz

1920s and 1930s

Jazz

Queen of the Hammond Organ

Barbara Dennerlein

Jazz

Monk at 100

Thelonious Monk

Videos

Jazz music videos

Jazz

Barbara Dennerlein Harald Schmidt (3" 47')

TV performance from 2007

Jazz

What Miles Davis Did for Music (2" 51')

Interview with Sean Jones

Jazz

See Line Woman (4" 39')

Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir

Jazz

Sonny Rollins on Monk and The Bridge (2" 46')

Interview with Sean Jones

Electronica

More than fuzz and bleep

Sound and vision

Electronic music on video

Electronica

Oramics Machine, Daphne Oram (1' 30")

BBC TV show "Click" 2012

Electronica

Tangerine Dream Exhibition Tour (10'24")

Barbican Music Library

Installation

Sono reMorphed by Bernd Lintermann and Torsten Belschner (1' 13")

Interactive spatial sound installation

Electronica

Idea 36 by Machinedrum (3")

Improvised music

Pop music

New York, London, Paris, Munich, everyone talks about pop music

Pop

How 70s Rock Music kept the Status Quo

How Rock splintered from Leather Clad Heavy Metal to Space Rock Prog

Pop

2000s Korean Pop Music History

An insight into Korean pop culture

Pop

Igor Tamerlan

Indonesian pop musician

Pop

The Bristol Sound

Bristol's influential youth movement

Pop

Hidden History of UK Punks

The attitude, music and fashions

Pop

Iconic Singers and Their Stage Costumes

Stylish french pop stars

Pop

Anita Mui

Ever-changing singing diva

MTV

Pop music on video

Francoise Hardy (1")

Italian television, 1963

Stevie Wonder Concert on TV (46" 45')

Brasil 1970

The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats (2" 45')

Video from 1982

Take My Breath Away by Berlin (4" 12')

Official video 1986

Fire Starter by The Prodigy (3" 46')

Video from 1996

Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes (4")

Video from 2008

Make some noise

Make your own music

Create Your Own Opera Song

Make a musical tune with a little help from Machine Learning

View

Experiments

Music making assisted by technology

Assisted Melody

AR Synth

Paint with Music

Soundscape

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