(CNN) — 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 ...
As I was laying out a few hors d’oeuvres on the living room coffee table for my husband’s and my customary Friday night “date night,” he was putting a CD into the stereo. We both love classical music, ...
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 ...
A contemporary portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven, who died in 1827 at age 56, by Joseph Karl Stieler.Credit...Joseph Karl Stieler, via Beethoven-Haus Bonn Supported by By Gina Kolata It was March 1827 ...
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