On December 26, 1776, the full might of General George Washington’s Continental Army was revealed along the frozen riverbanks of ...

This 1967 Beatles song from Sgt. Pepper was banned at first but went on to redefine rock music and inspire countless ...

Facing an unraveling marriage, a middle-aged lawyer sets off on a road trip in the hopes of rekindling his life’s meaning.

The second half of Symphony Orchestra’s “Let’s Dance” season brings programmatic music to the forefront. Each concert invites ...

The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was ravaged by jaundice, his limbs and ...

A remarkable scientific breakthrough is rewriting what we know about Beethoven. Nearly 200 years after his death, researchers have extracted and analyzed DNA from the composer’s preserved hair, ...

My recent encounter with Beethoven in Bangkok unexpectedly raised a question that concerns all of us: how do we deal with those who make noise, giving neither thought nor consideration to anyone ...

Fate is knocking at the door. Beethoven composed this motif with his Fifth Symphony. Both defeat and victory are there with fate. Beethoven represented his hearing loss with this classical piece of ...

In July of 2024, Harriet Stubbs first noticed what she believed was a mild form of carpal tunnel in her hands. During the year, the British-born, New York City-based pianist noticed her condition ...

There’s a line not long into the first act of Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven which strikes me as especially profound, just before we hear the great German composer’s Sonata Pathetique: “sound is ...