Beethoven requested that upon his death, his condition be documented and ... predating Ludwig’s birth by seven generations. This genetic revelation aligns with Beethoven’s German ancestry ...

The composer would outlive his doctor by nearly two decades, yet close to two centuries after Beethoven's death a team of researchers ... up to the composer's birth. "This finding suggests an ...

132 String Quartet, written two years before his death. That his illnesses caused Beethoven torment is undeniable. In a letter to his brothers, he wrote: “Oh you men who think or say that I am ...

death and re-birth of the seasons. It's music that folds us into the wider spirals of creation, and for as long as it lasts, Beethoven’s inner world and the outer world mirror one another in a f ...