Carlos Tomé became obsessed with going to classical music concerts when he was a young teenager in Madrid learning to play the violin. During the concerts, which he would attend daily, he’d read ...

Crammed into the tiny upstairs of the small northwest Iowa County Museum is *** collection of rare and historic musical instruments. They aren't exactly displayed in the style of the Smithsonian.

Archaeologists were perplexed by a strange pair of discs found in Oman – only to discover these items were actually a single 4,000-year-old instrument. The cymbals date to the third millennium B.C.

A final note or notes this hour. (SOUNDBITE OF JOSHUA BROWN PERFORMANCE OF BACH'S "PARTITA NO. 1 IN B MINOR") RASCOE: This is Bach's "Partita No. 1 In B Minor"... (SOUNDBITE OF JOSHUA BROWN ...

Promising violinists can get their hands on a Stradivarius and other 18th century instruments through a lending program out of Chicago. A final note or notes this hour. (SOUNDBITE OF JOSHUA BROWN ...