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 ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer ... This is also important as there were more chromaticisms being used in Beethoven’s writing. In the exposition, the second theme is usually ...

In 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven left the hubbub of Vienna for ... brothers to figure out the cause of his illness after he died ...

Euro banknotes will undergo an extreme makeover for the first time in over 20 years. They might include Beethoven or Maria Callas or Birds and Rivers ...

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The comedian takes a typically irreverent look at Ludwig van Beethoven's character flaws. Was he the only great composer to have pelted his housemaid with rotten eggs? He clearly had anger-management ...

One of the more unlikely pairings in this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival is that of Ludwig van Beethoven and manga. The composer, born in 1770, and Japanese graphic novels, popular since the ...