Beethoven is the most interesting human who ever lived. What a cat. What a story. If you made a movie about a deaf man becoming the greatest composer in the history of the world — including into the ...

A portrait of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1818. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its ...

High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest that the composer had lead poisoning, which may have contributed to ailments he endured over the course of ...

1811-1812. A rich autumn of grape harvesting, of golden forests and red sunset skies. The last but two symphonies and the last violin sonata. Lovely declining days and latter-day loves. And the ...

Don’t let the title “Beethoven: The Relentless Revolutionary” throw you off. This is not one of those Marxian screeds that evaluate the work of an artist by perceived progressive leanings: There is ...

The renowned German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven has long been the subject of theories that he had African heritage. The rumor has become a popular joke on Twitter, leading many academics ...

A family comedy about a dog? We’ve seen it before. However, what if that film was about a family man who seems to see the dog as his mortal enemy? And also, that family man is played by a comedic ...

My recent encounter with Beethoven in Bangkok unexpectedly raised a question that concerns all of us: how do we deal with ...

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN died in 1827, just a hundred years ago on the twenty-sixth of March, and therefore special efforts have been made to revive Fidelio out of its state of being a mere ‘series of ...

Beethoven would often sign letters to his nephew Karl as “Father” and address them to his “Son;” his turbulent relationship with Karl, who attempted suicide in 1826, was a source of great ...

VIENNA, Austria — Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist claims the composer’s physician did — inadvertently overdosing him with lead in a case of a cure that went wrong. Other researchers ...