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 ...

High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest ... poisoning was solely responsible for Beethoven’s death or deafness. But he experienced symptoms ...

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 ...

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.