Kenneth LaFave

Fingers fly and notes sprinkle through the air like confetti in one of Beethoven’s most physically demanding piano sonatas.

Berlioz’s obsession with a Shakespearean actress inspired his work.

Are there truly American elements in Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9?

How a set of traditional piano duets caught the ear of Johannes Brahms and launched Antonin Dvorak onto the global stage.

Modest Mussorgsky’s musical stroll through an art exhibit honored his friend, an artist who had died too young.

A lifelong bond between Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann inspired music, letters, and enduring mystery.

Contrary to scholarly interpretations, the “Heart of Darkness” condemns the primitive and extols the civilized.

A valid history of American music must the composer John Philip Sousa, known as ‘The March King.’

Near the end of Mahler’s symphony, the ravishing “Adagietto” movement chronicles the joy of falling in love.