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

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 ...

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 ...

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