Music
Music moves more than just our feet. Explore the potency of both cheap and highbrow music with our expert views:
Listen to the music
Allegri's Miserere, Bach's Komm, Jesu, Komm and Byrd's Agnus Dei, expertly explained and appreciated: listen to the music
Sacred music in a secular world
A Gregorian chant CD in the pop charts? Find out why we're still into music 1500 years old in sacred music in a secular world.
Go create
Did you know your computer can enhance your creative skills? The worldwide web is a great source of inspiration. Learn five ways to get creative online.
Beating the boundaries
The natural soundtrack of crashing waves and gulls has long proved an inspiration to composers scoring the shoreline.
Top of the pops
It might not be in the charts but you can upload your music to a music community website and be voted No. 1. We meet a musician who explains how to have a number one.
All join in the chorus
With computers taking the place of recording studios, we can all be stars. Find out how we're jamming.
Do you remember the first time?
There are some tunes you can recall hearing for the first time, which conjure spirit and mood. But what makes for an evocative song?
Spine-touching
Simon Callow considers why some music can create a physical reaction: what creates that tingle factor?
The food of love - but what's the menu?
Nietzsche said life without it would be an error - but what is music?
The music of childhood
Children experience music from a very early age. How do they react to it? What shapes their musical preferences? For young children, what is the significance of music?