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VAN may be an online magazine, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love our share of ink. Get your own, limited-edition BACH⚡CAGE tote bag free with a one-year subscription to VAN. (You just pay for the shipping, calculated in your shopping cart.)

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The classical music magazine that’s NEXT-level. Subscribe to VAN: Special offer for classical:NEXT audiences: Enjoy 30% off a one-year subscription to VAN’s English edition.

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She’s back! Inspired by the original party game for horrible people, VAN is proud to present Cards Against Classical Music: 100 more cards to add to your own Cards Against Humanity set, or Cards Against Classical Music Vol. 1, or to play as a (very short) game on your own.

CACM, Vol. 2 includes such hard-hitting question cards as:

• What’s the real answer to Turandot’s third riddle?
• In his final moments, Leonard Bernstein thought about ___________.
• Unfortunately, Jonas Kaufmann has withdrawn from this evening’s performance due to ___________.
• Why did the Emerson Quartet really break up?

And answer cards that speak to the timeless and universal spirit of classical music:

• Bad bitches playing Busoni.
• Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in “Maestro.”
• A cage match with John Eliot Gardiner.
• Hating Brahms as a personality.

This limited-edition run is exclusively available with a one-year subscription to VAN.

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There's always more than one side to the story. Choose how you feel on any given day and share that with the world with our new "Classical music is dead… long live classical music" tote bag. Get yours FREE with a subscription to VAN (you just pay for the shipping, calculated in the shopping cart).

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Stuck for words when it comes to the ones you love? We can help with that: Our pack of postcards featuring the real-life declarations of love from six composers (Ludwig van Beethoven, John Cage, Claude Debussy, Alma Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ethel Smyth). Each valentine is written in the original language (with English translations on the back) and printed on 100% recycled cardstock. Send them to your nearest and dearest, or keep them for your number-one valentine: yourself.

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Our special for students—at any level of education and pursuing any subject: Subscribe to a year of VAN for just half the cost.

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