A new AI-based facial reconstruction has revealed the strikingly intense face of Ludwig van Beethoven. Using skull images, a ...

As if that weren’t enough, bones believed to be fragments of Beethoven’s skull — long stashed in a tin marked “Beethoven” by the descendant of a Viennese doctor — were recently donated to the Medical ...

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 ...

One of the world’s most influential composers, Ludwig van Beethoven changed the course of Western music. Despite losing his hearing, he created some of history’s most celebrated works ...

While it still offers an online edition of its encyclopedia, as well as the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Britannica’s biggest business today is selling online education software to schools and ...

We put on a brave face and dare to rank the nine remarkable symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven – from great to the very greatest. From the iconic knocks of fate in Beethoven’s Fifth, to the unbridled ...

Philip Ewell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is one of the first songs I learned to play on the violin. I’ll never forget the elation I felt playing ...

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A portrait of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, painted in 1820. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons German composer Ludwig van Beethoven began losing his hearing in his 20s ...

Scientists have confirmed that Ludwig van Beethoven had lead poisoning, but it did not contribute to his untimely death. To this day, nobody knows for certain what caused the liver and kidney ...