If only he could have heard it. When the symphony premiered on May 7, 1824 at a theater in Vienna, Austria, Beethoven was, for all intents and purposes, completely deaf. So when he stood on stage ...

Beethoven had lived in Vienna since 1792, when he left his hometown of Bonn, Germany, to pursue a career as a composer. Beethoven rose to world renown, but by the 1820s he had fallen out of favor ...

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 ...

On Thursday, 22 December 1808 Beethoven participated in a benefit concert of his music at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. It was the most ambitious concert he ever organised, ridiculously so ...

Tauck treated attendees at the ASTA River Cruise Expo to a surprise dinner experience at Palais Pallavicini for a taste of ...

Vienna has long been a musical epicenter. It was here that renowned composers, such as Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Mahler, Bruckner and Strauss lived, composed and performed at various points in ...

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It’s an unconventional programming choice — but after all, Beethoven’s Fifth is a piece ... heard piece after piece while shivering in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien. Thankfully, on this ...

Which are the best luxury hotels in Vienna in Austria with executive club lounges? These include Hilton Danube, Hilton Vienna ...