It's one of the most famous musical passages ever written. Ludwig van Beethoven starts his Fifth Symphony with four percussive notes, then spends the next four movements inventing new ways to make ...

Ludwig van Beethoven stands as one of the most influential composers in the history of Western classical music. Born on December 16, 1770, in Bonn, Germany. Beethoven’s life and work bridged the ...

The Beethoven & American Masters Festival begins with concerts on January 13, 15, and 16 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The first program opens with Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 and closes with his ...

Coriolan Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor Symphony No. 5 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Klaus Tennstedt, Conductor ...

What if Ludwig van Beethoven had never been born? Such a thought makes me, and very likely millions of other music lovers, shudder! Born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770, this perceptive, yet often pained, ...