"A Fifth of Beethoven" was a disco instrumental that was released by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band in 1976. The song, ...

Throughout his life, various pianos came into Beethoven's possession.These included the French Érard, the Viennese piano maker Streicher, and the English Broadwood.Among them, the Broadwood grand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ludwig Van Beethoven certainly had his fair share of tough days, serving as the primary bread winner for his family starting at ...

Beethoven's symphonies broke the mould - but if you're looking to own a set of recordings, which are the best albums to buy? Click on the album covers to listen and download. This fine 1999 set of ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven is renowned as a great composer. Many people across the world know his name, that he wrote his best music after he became profoundly ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818. These issues certainly ...

New research published in the journal Current Biology uses DNA sequencing to uncover that the great composer did not die from lead poisoning after all... In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van ...

The increasing deafness that Beethoven suffered during the closing years of his life gives the masterpieces that he wrote in that period, like the late String Quartets, a mystical aura, especially for ...

One of Beethoven’s most famous piano sonatas features in Billy Joel’s 80s hit, ‘This Night’. It’s no revelation that Billy Joel is a pop genius on the piano – but it turns out he’s equally in-the-know ...

When we finally see the return of concerts, shared experiences by full audiences, everyone together, the moment will be less for fireworks than for thanksgiving. Let us begin, then, with Beethoven as ...