And the insights could provide new windows not only into understanding Beethoven’s chronic health ailments, but the complicated nuances of his life as a composer. Christian Reiter, now the ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

It all began with tinnitus in his 20s, which degenerated into less tolerance to loud noises and ended with hearing loss at high tones The last key fact in Beethoven's life: his paternal line does ...

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 ...

In the year-long series about Beethoven’s life, John revealed the dramas, loves, conflicts and successes of the musical genius, and offered listeners an unprecedented insight into the man behind the ...

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 at the time – familiar enough to ...

Beethoven's 9th - Ode to Joy is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku ...

the Suite from Janacek’s “From the House of the Dead,” based on Dostoyevsky’s account of life in a Russian prison colony, was joined by Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and, for good measure ...