What is music good for? This question was part of a conversation with perhaps the best-known classical musician of our time, Yo-Yo Ma. In a New York Times Magazine article, the famed cellist ruminated ...

Singing and listening to music have a whole host of benefits, from helping you to breathe deeply to stabilising your cardiac rhythm Have you burst into song today? You should: singing is fun, good for ...

Music is often said to have healing powers, and music by Johann Sebastian Bach seems to be a particularly effective medicine. Whether we are listening to Bach’s music, or performing it, Bach’s music ...

THE MEN who raided Joseph Haydn’s grave hoped that his genius would be written on his skull. A scan of the Austrian composer’s decomposing brain might have been more enlightening. Musical talent does ...