For songwriters, melody is everything, and Billy Joel thought everything great about writing a piece of music is in this ...

Dutch melodist Benny Sings has been crafting trippy, feel-good ditties ever since he was a De La Soul-obsessed hip-hop beat maker in the 1990s. The craftsmanship has deepened over the decades, but his ...

There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in ...

It is one of the most beloved services in the Orthodox Church. It was composed in the imperial city of Constantinople, "the city of the Virgin," by St. Romanos the Melodist, who reposed in the year ...

stood out as a supreme melodist. The Russian composer’s dazzling “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” was featured by the New ...

“He’s a master melodist and sly satirist, a sentimental cynic and piano pounder who loves a waltz. “All those sides are ...

One of the most performed living composers unpacks the power of melody in her music, her unconventional path to success and how visual art guides... There was a time not long ago in the classical ...

There was a time not long ago in the classical music world when melody was considered passé. Young composers making their way through academia were encouraged to leave hummable tunes behind in favor ...