On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his ...

author of the biography Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces, notes that his doctors did recommended that he cut back, “which is actually quite unusual for the early 19th century because people are ...

Beethoven around 1804-5. Portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler There may have an element of that, but the unhelpful practices of public concert life in Vienna ... Snow had arrived early that ...

Early biographers vied to honour him ... For those who prefer a life of Beethoven unencumbered by the author’s “personal ...

Beethoven suffered from liver disease - possibly ... composer's "conversation books" - which he used in the last decade of his life - that Beethoven's alcohol intake was regular, but the volumes ...