From the convents: Music of the nuns

It sounds like the plot of a children's story: Musicians in small towns are forbidden to play, banned from public view, and kept locked away from society. But they continue to write and perform. So the townspeople build halls around the musician's quarters, where they listen to this wondrous sound through holes in the thick stone walls. (Full article: 1453 words)

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