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DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he succumbed to what many historians suspect…
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The music composer, Monty Norman, who wrote the soundtrack for the movie "James Bond", died at the age of 94, after suffering from illness. Norman's most famous work, Dr No, was released in 1962 and starred Sean Connery. Norman said…
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Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political defiance won acclaim abroad and inspired millions at home, died Thursday. He was 96. His death at his home in central Athens was announced on state…
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A study claims that the works of the famous musician, Johann Sebastian Bach, are used extensively by advertisers to provide a "voice of reassurance" in television advertisements. Musicologist Peter Kupfer of Southern Methodist University…
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