From the gentle sound of a harp to the deep voice of a cello, every string instrument has something special to share. Explore ...

What It Means to Write a Quartet After Beethoven There is something about a string quartet that resembles human conversation.

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...