This article was originally published on Moment Magazine. Music, at its core, is freedom. It cannot be caged by ideology or controlled by propaganda. The Nazis understood that, which is why they tried ...

This past fall, the Philadelphia Orchestra selected the German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch as its new Music Director, succeeding the Italian Riccardo Muti. In so doing, Philadelphia was following in ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Last Christmas" or "Driving Home for Christmas" - when it comes to Christmas hits, international artists dominate the playlists. Germany, on the other hand, is ...

FASTEN your safety belts, please,” said the neutral voice in the loud-speaker. “Thank heavens, it’s nearly over!" I thought as a last bump jolted me half out of the seat. I looked out of the window ...

Ever since Bach, Germany has been considered (and has considered itself) the center of the musical universe. No other nation could match its composers, conductors and performers. But recently the ...

For the past 35 years of attending classical music concerts in Vacaville and the greater Bay Area, I’ve heard a lot of music, particularly German Romantic-era music from the early to late 19th century ...

England today gets about as much good music as a besieged isle can expect: daily concerts in the basement of London’s National Gallery; sporadic performances by the leading British symphonies; no ...

One of the great things you learn about the Texas-Mexico border is that the music has more than Mexican influence. German immigrants touched it, too, as we hear from Patrick M. Davis. PATRICK M DAVIS, ...