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

with only a few – though substantial ones – from his middle “heroic” period and a series of “late” sonatas that ended about five years before his death. Beethoven’s early piano ...

In a document dated 1802 and not discovered till after his death, Beethoven wrote poignantly of his condition, aware that the most important sense to him, that of hearing, was going to be taken away.

Beethoven’s five piano concertos trace a path ... studying with Mozart (a longing thwarted by Beethoven’s mother’s death and his family issues thereafter). Beethoven uses the same concerto ...

Previous studies have struggled to pin down the cause of Beethoven’s death, mainly because the hair samples used for analysis have been of dubious origin. One previous study, for example ...

The Orchestra relaunched after its namesake died in a plane crash, starting a trend of bands without any original members.

60.5 x 48.3 cm. (23.8 x 19 in.) ...