Lace fragments used to compose scores for LACE, an ongoing project by Zeena Parkins (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century ...

Music and mathematics might seem like unlikely bedfellows. One lives in the realm of feeling and expression, the other in cold logic and numbers. Yet scratch beneath the surface of history's most ...

Ever had that moment when a song comes on and it feels strangely familiar, like it reminds you of another song that came out ...

Born with rhythm: Studies show newborns can anticipate rhythmic patterns in music, suggesting rhythm is a biological ability present from birth. Music-language link: Infants who detect musical rhythm ...

Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music of another culture produces no differences ...

Music is the Germans’ favorite art, and their approach to it has never been more aptly put than in the motto once adorning one of their most famous concert halls: “Res severa veruni gaud turn” ...