Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We call it "Für Elise." But there is a very good chance her name wasn't Elise at all. The reigning theory is a case of bad ...

Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor has once again topped the ABC Classic 100, being chosen as Australia's greatest piece of classical music of all time. Every year since 2001, ABC Classic ...

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven is renowned as a great composer. Many people across the world know his name, that he wrote his best music after he became profoundly ...

Beethoven is the most interesting human who ever lived. What a cat. What a story. If you made a movie about a deaf man becoming the greatest composer in the history of the world — including into the ...

A researcher at Mount Sinai thought he was testing a piece of the composer’s skull. Later he learned he might have been mistaken. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll revisit the day I saw ...

This is a world premiere play about “Beethoven: the Man, the Myth, the Music” that will be staged on Long Island this summer. It was co-founded with Debi Toni, who is a multi-faceted entertainer ...

DNA from strands of Beethoven’s hair is helping to uncover what may have caused his death, researchers say. The composer was plagued with health issues for most of his life. On March 26, 1827, he ...

A genetic study conducted on locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed more details about the composer's death at a relatively young age in March 1827. The University of Cambridge biological ...

On April 27, 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven finished a piano bagatelle that he never intended for the public to hear. He scribbled a dedication on the top of the page and tucked it away. The world didn't ...