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Can you hear the difference between a £50 violin and a £250,000 violin?

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How expensive is your taste in music?

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Woman who appeared on Antiques Roadshow with £100k Elgar manuscript threatened with possible legal action
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11 reasons you should never date a classical music

11 reasons you should never date a classical musician

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These musicians keep on making music… in the middle of major surgery
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10 tips to help you practise more effectively

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These are inarguably the best musical themes from all the Star Wars films
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Here’s exactly why Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the great melodists of our times

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Pick your favourite classical music and we’ll reveal your best personality trait

Pick your favourite classical music and we’ll reveal your best personality trait
We can accurately guess your birth month from your classical music preferences

We can accurately guess your birth month from your classical music preferences
Match composer to birth country

If you can match the composer to their country of birth, you’re basically a music historian