Music history

A Tempo (12/3) features a conversation about the discovery of a document that might represent some of the oldest known pre-cursors of Western music notation, and also includes a preview of this year's Make Music Winter program scheduled for the Winter Solstice.

A Tempo this week (11/29) looks at the story and tradition behind Tindley Temple's 68th presentation of this seasonal favorite.

A Tempo (11/1) visits a new exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts that traces the personalities, productions and progress of Black theater, and how that helped shape American musical theater.

A Tempo (10/11) offers a peek into the Metropolitan Opera's exhibit featuring costumes and sketches spanning nearly 150 years.

A Tempo this Saturday (3/2 at 7 pm) delves into the Other Minds Archive, which can now be accessed online.

A Tempo this Saturday (4/12 at 7 pm) features an interview about The Colburn School's plans to preserve the archive of composer, conductor and community music school pioneer Herbert Zipper.

A Tempo this Saturday (2/13 at 7 pm) checks in with the Trenton Children's Chorus, which has continued to provide musical and academic training to…

In 1933, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed the Symphony in E Minor by Florence Price, making her the first African-American woman to have a…

Barbara Haws is retiring this month after 34 years as Archivist of the New York Philharmonic, and this Saturday (8/11) on A Tempo, host Rachel Katz will…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this year unveiled some of the main components of its renovated musical instrument galleries, and this Saturday A…