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 the iconic fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony alongside ...

Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly... Beethoven was a classical and romantic composer, but ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome has been sequenced for the first time by an international team of scientists using five genetically matching locks of the well-known composer’s hair. The research, led by ...

Locks of hair from German composer Ludwig van Beethoven have yielded new clues about his health issues and ancestry, DNA analysis shows. Beethoven, who died in March 26, 1827, at the age of 56, was ...

Southeastern University's school of music has temporary possession of Beethoven's life and death masks for the spring semester.

Ludwig van Beethoven was a prodigious composer. He’s credited with 722 individual works, including symphonies, sonatas, and choral music — creations that pushed the boundaries of composition and ...