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 ...

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 ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition and ...

Locks of hair from German composer Ludwig van Beethoven have yielded new clues about his health issues and ancestry, DNA analysis shows. Beethoven, who died in March 26, 1827, at the age of 56, was ...

Two centuries after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a few strands of his hair have given scientists their clearest view yet 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 ...

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The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

Fate is knocking at the door. Beethoven composed this motif with his Fifth Symphony. Both defeat and victory are there with fate. Beethoven represented his hearing loss with this classical piece of ...