The Beethoven Maennerchor is the oldest singing society in Texas that started in the "Saurkraut Bend" -- also known as Southtown. San Antonio's German history dates back to the mid 19th century.

Current Madison Maennerchor bass Fred Berger came to the U.S. from Germany at 13 years old in 1955 but didn’t join the choir ...

In 1890, San Antonio was one-third German. San Antonio’s 151-year-old Beethoven Hall is where those German settlers got together. It’s home to the Beethoven ‘Maennerchor,’ a big backyard beer garden, ...

High levels of heavy metals detected in Ludwig van Beethoven's hair reveal that he ... Researchers analyzed DNA in two authenticated locks of the German composer's hair and discovered that they ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No. 5 ...

But how did an unpolished youth from the German Rhineland rise to become one ... This is a Short History Of Ludwig van Beethoven. A Noiser production, written by Nicola Rayner.

Here, striking up a conversation with the locals is an ideal way to put your newly acquired German skills to the test. The city of Beethoven's birth also offers an outstanding program of classical ...

“We have now surrounded it with other pieces, Beethoven's ‘Ghost’ Trio (not Beethoven's title) played by [Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies] faculty member and pianist Tony Lin, with BC ...

Conductor Laurence Equilbey and her Insula Orchestra will perform Beethoven Wars: A Battle for Peace at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in March.