But music doesn't always thrive when it's treated as a polished artifact.

Classical music is thriving on the Internet.

Classical music thrived for centuries as a minority interest, loved passionately by a relative few.

Meanwhile, the last time a Grammy category mentioned dancing was in 1963 - but dance music is thriving.

French music thrived here because of South Louisiana's isolation, both physical and cultural.

Here, music is not a freestanding art but thrives instead as a support and catalyst for the narrative onstage.

Brazil may be renowned for bossa nova, but classical music thrives there, too.

Throughout his life he worked tirelessly to ensure that the music he loved so deeply would flourish and thrive.

Written in a bare few weeks during a summer in Iowa, the music thrives on enthusiasm that barely stops to think.

This was a period when music and art were thriving in many parts of south India.