While America was struggling to define its independence in the late 1700s, the upper echelons of European society were ...

Beethoven had a thoroughly miserable childhood thanks to his ... 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 ...

Which is why, even at 250, we need Ludwig van Beethoven ... If we really listen, Beethoven is a life lesson in every bar – a thrilling, challenging, questioning, uncomplacent present tense.

Ludwig was partial to an alcoholic beverage too. Laura Tunbridge, author of the biography Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces, notes that his doctors did recommended that he cut back, “which is ...

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth ... was starting to create at the end of his life. Corporate explorer or entrepreneur Was Beethoven more entrepreneur than corporate ...

High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest ... t have hair samples from ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony had been shown to kill 20% of cancer cells in lab tests without affecting healthy cells. For example, someone posted ...

Ludwig van Beethoven may have gone deaf from lead poisoning caused by a penchant for fish and wine, Harvard scientists suggest. The composer was beset by health issues throughout his life ...

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