Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Using the same "stick-and-slip" technique as a violinist drawing a bow across the strings, the spiny lobster strives for a strikingly different result -- to make a cacophony alarming enough to scare ...

Over the past quarter-century, the Australian label Eloquence has been issuing beautiful and copious multidisc sets devoted to mid-20th-century musicians who spent much—usually most—of their careers ...

The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: Of all the artists who struggle to succeed, writers and musicians have the toughest ...

Have you ever wondered what makes an old Italian violin sound so special? For centuries, musicians and scientists have puzzled over the unique qualities of instruments made by masters like Antonio ...