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DNA analysis of Beethoven’s hair reveals 200 year old secrets
On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his desk. Among them was the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter written in ...
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DNA From Beethoven's Hair Reveals a Surprise Nearly 200 Years Later
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 ...
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What was really wrong with Beethoven?
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 ...
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What would it be like to hear Beethoven’s unfinished Symphony No. 10? Spokane Symphony, with the help of AI, brings score to life in Masterworks 4
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 ...
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Late Beethoven from the Choas Quartet
Beethoven's String Quartet ... Written in 1826, this seven-movement quartet was played to Schubert on his death bed. One of those present observed that: "The King of Harmony has sent the King ...