We don’t think of computers as something you’d find in the 17th century. But [Levi McClain] found plans for one in a book — books, actually — by [Athanasius Kirker] about music. The arca musarithmica, ...

Ballads were all the rage, and we’re not talking about 'Stairway to Heaven'. These were songs sung straight from the mouths of balladeers: musicians who went from place to place setting lyrics to ...

Barefoot Chamber Concerts ("an enterprise noted for both its quality and informality" - San Francisco Classical Voice) presents really good music in the right acoustic and without the formality of ...

They will probably be fairly clean, hands washed, and probably have never had to dine on a rodent in a pinch. And those who will listen to 400-year-old music at the upcoming November Bismarck Baroque ...