Explore the enchanting world of the glass armonica, an 18th-century invention by Benjamin Franklin, and its unique music.

The mysterious painting features a shadowy figure that looks suspiciously like the artist. Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pierrot (1718), detail. Photo: Collection of the Louvre, Paris. Watteau was born in ...

Classical music lovers will soon get a rare chance to hear a masterpiece just as it would have sounded when it was written in the 18th Century. Fortepianist Daniel Maltz, dubbed the "Master of ...

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But today’s handful of harpsichordists point out the undeniable fact that only they can make this 18th-Century music sound the way it did in the 18th Century. When they are not giving concerts ...

By Milena Lazazzera More than 100 porcelain perfume bottles from the 18th century are being offered for private sale in connection with the auctions of “The Giordano Collection” of Italian ...

After graduating from high school in Los Alamos, Vanderborgh chose Rice University in Houston, Texas, and enrolled with a double major in chemistry and music. Los Alamos is a bastion of learning ...

Art, as a mirror of society, evolves dynamically over time . Movements, or ldquo;isms rdquo;, influence one another through reactions, innovations, and reinterpretations .

YORKTOWN— Bring your dancing shoes and a revolutionary spirit to keep in step with ballroom dances of the 18th century during ...

Upcoming sales have plenty to interest lovers of clocks, historical prints, china and chandeliers. Or how about a collection ...

World number two Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Paris Masters by 18th-ranked Ugo Humbert of France who swept to a ...

Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is saying goodbye to his Washington, DC perch as he lists his stately home in the Kalorama ...