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

Euro banknotes will undergo an extreme makeover for the first time in over 20 years. They might include Beethoven or Maria Callas or Birds and Rivers ...

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, ...

Novlis said, “Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.” He died in 1801; Beethoven’s Fifth came ...

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 ...

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.

Professor Karen Leeder and Professor Robert Vilain explore the great German Romantic poetry which inspired Beethoven throughout his life from Schiller's Ode to Joy to Goethe's Egmont and ...

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