On a day in March like today, but in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven died after a long illness ... his relatives to make public the details of his death and the illnesses he had suffered Now, almost ...

On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was fascinated by exoticism, cultures other than the familiar European ones and their representation in art. He was not alone with this in the classical music tradition. As part ...

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, 1746; Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl ... He noted that there is another Beethoven year in 2027, the 200th anniversary of his death.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra.