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Jimmy Van Heusen with Frank Sinatra in the 1950s. Van Heusen wrote dozens of songs for the crooner and became Sinatra's close friend and confidant.

Watch The Composer Who Tested Fighter Planes And Partied With Sinatra

January 26, 2013 – A cool ladies' man with a shaved head, Jimmy Van Heusen wrote dozens of hits and won four Oscars.

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In the operatic version of Doubt, Father Flynn (Matthew Worth) must defend his name after a suspicious Sister Aloysius (Christine Brewer) accuses him of sexually abusing an altar boy.

Watch New Opera Gets Benefit Of The 'Doubt'

January 25, 2013 – After a Pulitzer, a Tony and several Oscar nods, Doubt returns to the stage, this time as an opera.

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The Nazis imprisoned Czech composer Rudolf Karel (shown here in a sketch from 1945) for helping the resistance in Prague. He wrote his compositions down on toilet paper.

Listen Honoring 'Our Will To Live': The Lost Music Of The Holocaust

January 25, 2013 – An Italian musicologist is resurrecting works written in World War II camps.

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Anne Akiko Meyers, holding the "Vieuxtemps" Guarneri del Gesu violin, which reportedly sold for a record price. She says the anonymous buyer has offered her use of the instrument for life.

Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

January 25, 2013 – Anne Akiko Meyer's newest super-pricey fiddle and leadership changes from Munich to New York.

On her new album, Petra Goes To The Movies, Petra Haden recreates movie themes using densely layered arrangements of her own voice.

Watch How Music Transforms The Silver Screen

January 24, 2013 – Recent films, and a new album by Petra Haden, show how music can help bond a movie to the audience.

A new study claims that listening to classical music makes for unsafe driving.

Read Back Off The Bach To Drive Safely

January 23, 2013 – A new study says that listening to classical music makes for unsafe driving.

Beyonce at the inauguration.

Watch Beyonce May Have Been Live And Pre-recorded

January 23, 2013 – Listen closely and you can hear two Beyonces, an audio engineer says.

Beyonce at the inauguration.

Watch Beyonce's National Anthem: Did She Sync Or Didn't She?

January 22, 2013 – The U.S. Marine Band was pre-recorded, but there's burning debate as to what Beyonce was doing.

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Recording Artist Lupe Fiasco performs in September 2012.

Read Rapper Lupe Fiasco Booted Off Inaugural Party Stage After Criticizing Obama

January 21, 2013 – The party organizers deny removing the Grammy-nominated rapper for political reasons.

The young musicians of Seguro Que Si will perform in this weekend's Inaugural Parade. Left to right: Daniel Chico (bass), Kevin Arguelles (piano), Maxwell Frost (timbales), Christopher Muriel (congas), Niyah Lowell (bongos), Annette Rodriguez (vocal), Sean Fernandez (trumpet), Robby Cruz (trumpet).

Listen A High School Salsa Band In The Inaugural Parade? 'Of Course!'

January 20, 2013 – Seguro Que Si is nine young musicians from Florida who've found their way into this year's event.

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After a failed career at home in the U.S., the Chinese-American rapper Jin found an unexpected second chance at stardom on the other side of the world.

Watch Jin, 'The Chinese Kid Who Raps,' Grows Up

January 19, 2013 – When his career in the U.S. stalled, Jin Auyeung found an audience on the other side of the world.

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Fatoumata Diawara and some of her musical collaborators on "Voices United for Mali" at a press conference held in Bamako, Mali on Jan. 17, 2013.

Watch Watch A Supergroup From Mali Sing For Peace

January 18, 2013 – In a new song, 40 top musicians from Mali demand peace for their shattering country.

Conductor Andres Orozco-Estrada, who has just been named as the next music director of the Houston Symphony.

Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

January 18, 2013 – A new face for Houston, an acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet chief and that nine-day tenure in NJ.

Justin Timberlake

Read Justin Timberlake Suits Up And Steps Out

January 14, 2013 – "Suit & Tie," Timberlake's first solo single in six years, is about looking good in the spotlight.

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