Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portrait of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven in 1818. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images On May 7, 1824, Ludwig ...

Billy Joel marks his 77th birthday and credits Beethoven as the greatest composer of all time while reflecting on classical ...

Beethoven left Bonn in late March and would have arrived in Vienna around the 8th of April. During his first visit to the imperial capital, Beethoven recalled being impressed upon catching sight of ...

Whether Beethoven saved his best symphony for last is a matter of opinion. However, one can hang several descriptors on his Symphony No. 9, and “anticlimactic” isn’t one of them. If you’re performing ...

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the ...