A portrait of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1818. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its ...

According to BBC Music Magazine, 151 notable conductors worldwide named Beethoven’s “Eroica Symphony” as one of the greatest of all time. Jay Friedman, music director of the Symphony of Oak Park and ...

He was inspired to write musical masterpieces by the women he loved – but Ludwig van Beethoven died a virgin, a major biography claims. The composer spurned intimacy – which he considered sinful – ...

Adam Levine may have the moves like Jagger, but the swagger? That's all Ludwig. Whether they know it or not, every musician in the last 200 years has owed at least part of his or her style to ...

A 19th-century print depicting the premiere of the Ninth; and Schiller, author of the famous ode (Bridgeman Images) No symphony has been more widely discussed, or been a greater divider of musical ...

Beethoven’s Op 53 represented a revolution in his piano style, says Patrick Rucker, as he sifts through almost a century of recordings The Sonata in C major, Op 53, was published in Vienna in May 1805 ...

The Ulster Orchestra's highly anticipated Beethoven Festival is underway from tonight. The festival is in two parts (concluding February) and includes the nine symphonies plus some fine visiting ...

For some reason Beethoven’s Triple Concerto — for violin, cello, and piano — has never found the love routinely shown his other six concertos. Sure, earlier generations of commentators tended to ...