The original Nokia tone manages to be both extremely irritating and poignantly nostalgic. But where did the cult tune come from, and who composed it? The Nokia tune (also called ‘Grande Valse’) is a ...

It isn't the whole of Francesco Tárrega's dance that everybody knows, just a snippet of 13 notes from four bars that round off a pretty motif that's become part of the soundtrack of everyday life.

Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tarrega liked a good opera tune as much as anyone, and Giuseppe Verdi really knew how to provide them in his popular operas. On the next Fretworks, Greek ...

Spain is to the guitar as Wales is to male-voice choirs. Nearly every well-known piece of music for the instrument seems to have originated in the sun-soaked country, from the much loved concertos of ...