One topic that has long been surrounded by mystery and speculation is the untimely death of Ludwig van Beethoven. The renowned German composer died in 1827 at the age of 56. In the years before ...

The composer would outlive his doctor by nearly two decades, yet close to two centuries after Beethoven's death a team of researchers set out to fulfill his testament in ways he would never have ...

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 ...

In 1988, English musicologist/composer Barry Cooper used these sketches to create a partial score of what he believes to be as accurate to what Beethoven would have created if death hadn’t ...