From Billy Joel’s inability to resist a good Beethoven melody to Lady Gaga’s sampling of rhapsodic violin solos, here are the greatest examples of classical samples in pop. In 19 cases ... Italian ...

For better or worse, most musicians, singers, bands, or ensembles are placed in music genres: jazz, pop, funk, and classical ...

A Stradivarius violin that sold for $11.3 million, just shy of the $15.9 million record, will benefit a Boston music conservatory and fund student scholarships.

NEW YORK -- A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby's in ...