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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Read Back Off The Bach To Drive Safely
January 23, 2013 – A new study says that listening to classical music makes for unsafe driving.

Watch Beyonce May Have Been Live And Pre-recorded
January 23, 2013 – Listen closely and you can hear two Beyonces, an audio engineer says.

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.

Watch 'The Chronic' 20 Years Later: An Audio Document Of The L.A. Riots
January 22, 2013 – Our series about rap's greatest year begins with Dr. Dre's solo debut.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.



