Starting at the end, Georgia and Henry look at the report of Beethoven's post-mortem, carried out by Dr. Johannes Wagner in Vienna on the day after Beethoven died, 27th March, 1827. It makes grim ...
His Symphony No. 5 contains one of the most famous motifs in musical history and has even been reused in pop songs! Incredibly, Beethoven wrote this symphony when he was beginning to lose his hearing.
The cruise began in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The bustling city has fresh markets and music aplenty, with a modern concert hall and lots of Beethoven history, including his house. The ...
The second most unlikely moment is top-notch orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, kicking off with the first movement of Mozart's "Symphony No 25" (orchestral players in a history podcast?
Susanna Sabin/University of Cambridge A scientist examines the Moscheles Lock, believed to be Beethoven's hair, in a laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Mr Begg ...
They also included some of that history in a booklet commemorating the children's theater's 30th anniversary this season. The original hall was built in 1895 by the Beethoven Maennerchor ...