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 ... was starting to create at the end of his life. Corporate explorer or entrepreneur Was Beethoven more entrepreneur than corporate ...

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.

High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest ... t have hair samples from ...

In letters to his friends, Beethoven wrote that he led a miserable life and avoided social functions because he found it hard to tell people that he was deaf. Despite suffering from hearing loss ...

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

Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists suggest. The composer was beset by health issues throughout his life ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony had been shown to kill 20% of cancer cells in lab tests without affecting healthy cells. For example, someone posted ...

Beethoven, who suffered from several ailments, had asked for his body to be studied A US businessman has donated fragments of what is believed to be Ludwig van ... all his life and died in the ...

Heidrun Irene Mittermair, an alto in the Vienna Singverein Choir, says that Beethoven's Ninth is a “wonderful message of love” Vienna is hosting a series of performances of Ludwig van ...

Lisiecki, this season’s Spotlight Artist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, delves into the significance of Beethoven’s five piano concertos, which he leads from the keyboard in a thrilling ...