Although German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is known primarily for his symphonies and solo piano pieces, his canon of compositions runs much deeper. Among Beethoven's other accomplishments are his ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian musicologist has discovered what he believes to be the last piano work written by Ludwig Van Beethoven while studying the composer's final music sketchbook. Peter ...

Sara Davis Buechner is annoyed with YouTube. It seems that what ranks highly on views isn’t classical music performances or highly intense piano competitions. “People devote their whole lives ...

The UK’s leading scholar on Beethoven has found that the famous opening of the Fifth Symphony began life with a totally different purpose... Classical connoisseur, and music novice alike will ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by critic’s notebook Our chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college, and now relishes risky recordings. By Anthony Tommasini For my ...

Inna Faliks is changing the tune on familiar classics. On June 22 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the head of piano performance will play a concert featuring Ludwig Van ...

“Here’s a short Beethoven piano piece. He wrote this piece, just for Elise. It’s all about a fellow named Maurice, who came from Greece, with a valise....” -- Sung to the tune of Beethoven’s “Fur ...

Peter McCallam, associate professor of musicology at the University of Sydney, found the 32 bars of handwritten musical notation while looking at the sketchbook at Berlin 's state library. Most of ...