He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony may not be his greatest. It's not even a favorite of the musicians who play it, and yet we treat it as the pinnacle of Beethoven's musical genius. It tops every popularity ...

Analysis of Beethoven’s DNA has revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for beat synchronization, an ability that’s closely related to musicality. This is according to researchers who set ...

Beethoven might have been a little schizo about his scherzo. One of the innovations the composer brought to his symphonies was sudden changes of mood that were first thought to be overly aggressive, ...

Beethoven lived in a time of revolution. The American Revolution began just after he was born and the French Revolution ignited when he was a coming-of-age 18-year-old. Colors are something we see and ...

Piano tutor and Lecturer, Sydney Conservatorium Music, University of Sydney In our series Decoding the music masterpieces, music experts explain key works of classical music. Without question, the ...

Although cultural life in various Nazi-occupied countries manifested distinctive differences in outlook between 1939 and 1945, partially accountable to specific national traditions and their ...