Beethoven's "Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II," written when the precocious composer was all of 19, is like a compact rough draft for much of what he would produce over the subsequent decades ...

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Beethoven was 19 in 1790, when he was commissioned to write a cantata on the death of the enlightened Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. He delivered it late, the musicians found it too difficult to play, ...

Beethoven might have been a little schizo about his scherzo. One of the innovations the composer brought to his symphonies was sudden changes of mood that were first thought to be overly aggressive, ...

Agnieszka Holland’s “Copying Beethoven”–a bio-drama on the great composer and musical hero Ludwig van Beethoven–is a movie with some flaws but also with moments of beauty and intensity most other ...

He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

A musical about the legendary composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), is set to hit the stage next year. Korean musical production company EMK Musical is planning to premiere “Beethoven” in ...