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 ...

In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to ...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a prodigious composer, credited with 722 works that pushed the boundaries of music and ushered in the Romantic era. Yet, his personal life was marred by ...

05/01/2025 May 1, 2025 Scientists have examined locks of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair to uncover what may have caused his deafness and other health problems.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...

1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later ...

The comedian takes a typically irreverent look at Ludwig van Beethoven's character flaws. Was he the only great composer to have pelted his housemaid with rotten eggs? He clearly had anger-management ...

For their final concert of the season, the Concert Orchestra (ECCO) will present the program “Classical Viennese Giants”, with guest director Tulio Rondón and guest performer Christine Harada Li. The ...

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...