This is the second installment of the "50 Pieces You Should Listen to First" series, which I started as an homage to Hidekazu ...

Set to "Roll Over Beethoven," the family's tiny St. Bernard puppy turns into a giant, slobbering dog. George (Charles Grodin) ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from the completion of his Ninth Symphony, a work heralded by many as his magnum opus. He had started work on his 10th Symphony but, ...

I have given this a grand title, but I am going to share some modest thoughts.I would like to talk about the slight change in ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818. These issues certainly ...

Yet another set of Beethoven symphonies – meaning yet another set of contentious theories about performance style in general and Beethoven’s metronome markings in particular? Fortunately, the level of ...

Beethoven scholar Jonathan Del Mar delves deep into the history of the composer's manuscripts to uncover the secrets hidden within... Beethoven’s symphonies and string quartets are accepted to be the ...

Op. 24 Violin sonata in F A-Wn, Mus. Hs. 16447 [Mvts. 1-3] [1800/1] wide, 12 st. Op. 27, No. 1 Piano Sonata in E flat Op. 27, No. 2 Piano Sonata in c sharp D-BNba, BH 60 [Mvt. 1 (lacking mm. 1-3), mvt ...

Beethoven’s 1817 fortepiano, built by Thomas Broadwood. Beethoven, though primarily thought of as a great composer, was also the greatest pianist of his age. Only Franz Liszt could approach ...

The one thing everyone knows – or thinks they know – about Ludwig van Beethoven is that he composed some of music’s greatest masterpieces while completely deaf. Compelling as this sounds, the story ...