The Beethoven House in the western German city of Bonn has purchased an important original manuscript by composer Ludwig van ...

The stereotype of the tortured artist has permeated the social consciousness for years, as one artist after another dedicated ...

Johnny Cash had some surprising (and not so surprising) selections on his list of albums he would take with him to a desert island.

Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted son into a second Mozart, Johann van Beethoven would keep him slaving at the piano all night, raining blows on him when he made a mistake. Young Ludwig was an ...

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven is renowned as a great composer. Many people across the world know his name, that he wrote his best music after he became ...

Scientists explored Beethoven’s ailments, linked remains to a Norse saga, uncovered colonial secrets, peeked inside an ...

Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas together form one of the most important collections of work in the history of music. The 32 piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven together form one of the most vital ...

“Michael Leunig passed away peacefully today, in the early hours of December 19, 2024. During his final days, he was surrounded by his children, loved ones, and sunflowers – accompanied as ever, by ...

In a movie that brought out a long list of acting powerhouses ... The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous ...

they set Beethoven’s bright and verdant fifth string quartet with a short playful piece by young Black composer Kevin Day written in response to that same work by Ludwig Van, and “Entr’acte ...