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Who is the Most Prolific Composer?

From 3,000 sonatas to over 300 symphonies, here are some of the busiest composers across classical music history!

Daniel Barenboim in a grey hat, stands in front of a stone wall

WFMTOctober 5, 2022

Citing Health Issues, Daniel Barenboim Will Step Back from Performing, Conducting

WFMTOctober 3, 2022

John Brennan, 18-year WTTW-WFMT Trustee, Has Died, Age 60

WFMTOctober 3, 2022

WFMT’s Classical Conversations: ‘Becoming Frederick Douglass’ & ‘Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom’

two young people in historic dress perform a traditional dance on a sunny day

Once banned by communists, Poland’s stately 18th century dance garners UNESCO honors

Associated PressFebruary 20, 2024

“It is a very simple dance... but at the same time it has an exceptional soul and one can express emotions in it in an exceptional way.”

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WFMTFebruary 19, 2024

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Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2022

Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday.

Early Streisand nightclub recording remastered for release

Associated PressSeptember 25, 2022

The performances were intended to become Barbra Streisand's first album, but instead many of the songs were redone and released as her Grammy-winning self-titled debut album in 1963.

Bargain hunter scores 700-year-old medieval times document

Associated PressSeptember 23, 2022

Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and gold flourishes. A sticker said 1285 AD.

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