KOHIMA — In 1983, the city of Ōta in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, was known as a place with “no music,” recalled Minami Shinichi, General Music Director of the Japan Junior Orchestra Association. Once a ...

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The Cleveland Orchestra has been pretty strong in mingling obscure and/or new works, often by composers from marginalized groups, along with its roster of repertory standards. But this week they’re ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Few melodies in the classical canon hold as much name recognition as Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” The beloved tune, set to the words of German poet Friedrich Schiller, comes from the ...

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FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) — No radio? No problem. The emirate of Fujairah has installed rumble strips along a 750-meter (half-mile) stretch of highway that play the Ode to Joy melody ...

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