Even though piano keys are referred to as the "ivories," they haven't been made out of ivory since the 1940s to protect endangered species. Today, they are most often made of plastic or resin.

After his burial in 1809, Joseph Haydn's head was stolen by phrenologists and a replacement skull was left in his tomb. In 1954, the real skull was finally returned, but the substitute was not removed. Thus Haydn's tomb now contains two skulls.

Rossini wrote the aria 'Di Tanti Palpiti' while waiting for some risotto in a Venice restaurant.

The only member of ZZ Top who doesn't have a beard is drummer Frank Beard.

A single violin is made from over 70 individual pieces of wood.

The airplane that Buddy Holly died in was named American Pie. Don McLean would later write a song about the accident with the same title. The single was a number-one hit in the U.S. for four weeks in 1972.

The drying or seasoning time for a piece of violin wood is generally ten years or more, depending on its size and thickness. Fifty year old wood is even better!

Duran Duran was named after a mad scientist from the Jane Fonda movie Barbarella.

Jimi Hendrix's tombstone has a Fender Stratocaster carved on it.

The term "allegro" means to play lively and fast.