After Ludwig von Beethoven died in 1827, a thorough autopsy confirmed what had long been apparent about his health. His auditory nerves were “shriveled and marrowless,” while the neighboring arteries ...

String Quartet No. 12 Brentano Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer String Quartet No. 14 Brentano Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer A coupling of Op 127, the most approachable of Beethoven’s ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a volatile man. Two incidents surrounding his celebrated string quartets tell you all you need to know about the composer’s behavior. When violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh ...

In the spring of 1825, when Beethoven was 54, he became terribly sick. He was in bed for a month and he wrote to his doctor, "I am not feeling well ... I am in great pain." The doctor put Beethoven on ...