On a day in March like today, but in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven died after a long illness that left him bedridden for several months. A quarter of a century earlier, the musician w ...

High levels of lead detected in authenticated locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair suggest ... It is believed that Beethoven ...

Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted 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 mistake. Young Ludwig was an ...

Starting at the end, Georgia and Henry look at the report of Beethoven's post-mortem, carried out by Dr. Johannes Wagner in Vienna on the day after Beethoven died, 27th March, 1827. It makes grim ...

(KWCH) - Ludwig Van Beethoven’s 9th symphony may be the defining ... as he was working on his Tenth when he died on March 26, 1827. But there’s no doubt he went out on top, penning his most ...

In 1824 the manuscript was delivered— “Grosse Sinfonie, geshrieben fur die Philharmonische Gesellschaft in London, Von Ludwig Van ... by Beethoven when he visited Prague. Beethoven died ...

his middle period Beethoven died around 15 years after the mask was taken in 1827, aged 57 There is also a death mask of Beethoven, taken two days after he died After his death there was big ...