What does the name “Beethoven” bring to mind? A plaster effigy of a tousle-haired, grimacing visage, perhaps, staring out from the top of a piano or from above the entrance to a concert hall ...

This is also important as there were more chromaticisms being used in Beethoven’s writing. In the exposition, the second theme is usually in a different key to the first theme (and the movement ...

Beethoven dropped work on his Third Symphony to write a sonata for and dedicated to his newfound friend. (In a programming coincidence, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s ...

During Beethoven’s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2020, New York City’s Carnegie Hall was just one of the venues around the country highlighting the composer’s music with a symphony cycle.