Ludwig van Beethoven’s concertos revolutionized the form by centering the solo instrumentalist as the “hero” of the work’s thematic “plot.” His Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61, the only full-length ...

There is a common misconception about the music Ludwig van Beethoven wrote during the so-called “early period” of his career in the 1790s. To wit that, because he spent those years studying with Franz ...

Works by two master musicians will be celebrated at Boston College this month with Music Department concerts in tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Portrait of Johann Sebastian ...

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 ...