As a music major in college, I remember that a significant part of my music history class was devoted to Beethoven's work. A few years back, I had the chance to visit his house in Bonn, Germany. I was ...

I recall with fondness how as a child I used walk through the school corridors and hear the cacophony of sounds that filtered through the cracks of the music room door as a patient music educator ...

The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares the iconic pieces by the great composer that are most special to him. A playlist is available where you can listen to all ...

A passionate plea for better music education, courtesty of David Gelernter in the Wall Street Journal: To know nothing about Beethoven? That is cultural bankruptcy. That is collapse. It goes far ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers who ever lived, was born in December 1770 in Bonn, Germany, to a musical family. His grandfather and father were both singers in the state choir.

Thankfully, the Houston Symphony didn't opt to present just another Beethoven festival. That's when orchestras traipse through the nine symphonies, a selection or two from other well-played monuments ...

Can you remember when you first heard a piece of music by Beethoven? That last question I can certainly answer. I was 17, on a school trip to Vienna, and on the final night our teacher had secured ...

1811-1812. A rich autumn of grape harvesting, of golden forests and red sunset skies. The last but two symphonies and the last violin sonata. Lovely declining days and latter-day loves. And the ...

Beethoven's 9th Symphony (free plus in-app purchases) is an epic iPad app that lets you explore one of the greatest symphonies ever written in a unique, compelling way. Classical music lovers will ...