musical

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He donned his first tuxedo, which he inherited from his grandmother’s costume trunk, at 12 , then had a musical epiphany by 13 when he listened to Mahler.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Noted for her impeccable technique and musical insight, she played for five US Presidents - even performing a four-hand Mozart duet with Harry Truman at the White House.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

A Pathé newsreel, filmed when she was five years old, noted that the toddler had "surprised musical critics by her playing of Beethoven".

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Andrew Clements, longtime music critic for the Guardian, named Mr. Reich as one of “a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Through colored cellophane panels on the church windows, I could see Calvin Smiley holding a bow over his musical saw.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney