Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day.

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magazine article: Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about Mozart. Did you know that Mozart was a keen and skilful billiard player? Or that he had a slight deformity of his left ear, usually kept covered by his wig? Read article

word game: Orchestra. Read the text describing the positions of the different instruments, sections and other components of an orchestra and put the names in the correct places. Play game

story: A perfectly fair business deal. Hobbes-Smith collects antique musical instruments. At a music festival in Italy, he sees a valuable violin which he wants to add to his collection. Is the owner prepared to sell it? Read this story and find out. Read story

story: The Comeback. When the once-great opera singer Fausto Ruiz returns to the place where he was born, things do not work out as he had expected ... Read story

cartoon: "What on earth are you doing?" "You told me to listen to ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "My tuba's broken. How can I fix it?" "Why don't you use a ..." See cartoon

trivia: Numbers: On 17 June 1872, Johann Strauss the younger (1825-99) conducted an orchestra of 987 pieces supported by a choir of 20,000, at the World Peace Jubilee in Boston, USA See more classical music trivia

links: Wikipedia: classical music See more links

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