Beethoven’s lifework includes nine majestic symphonies, five piano concertos, numerous chamber music pieces, sonatas, and individual violin and piano pieces. His genius stands out among history’s ...

While America was struggling to define its independence in the late 1700s, the upper echelons of European society were ...

Which is why, even at 250, we need Ludwig van Beethoven ... If we really listen, Beethoven is a life lesson in every bar – a thrilling, challenging, questioning, uncomplacent present tense.

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Surly, irascible, hot-tempered - Ludwig van Beethoven was notoriously difficult to work with; and famously often drove away those closest to him. Yet at his very darkest moment, amidst increasing ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after ... the composer had to deal ...