An annual festival celebrating the music of Ludwig van Beethoven is being held in Warsaw under the theme "Beethoven Between the East and West." ...

A recent study conducted on strands of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed the composer was genetically predisposed to liver disease and was infected with hepatitis B before he died.

Samples of Beethoven's hair reveal he may have suffered from lead poisoning, which could explain some of the difficult physical maladies the composer suffered in his life. Ludwig van Beethoven was ...

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, scientists say they’ve finally pieced together what the famously moody maestro actually looked like — and let’s just say he wouldn’t ...

One of the world’s most influential composers, Ludwig van Beethoven changed the course of Western music. Despite losing his hearing, he created some of history’s most celebrated works, and his ...

Ludwig van Beethoven (born December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827) dragged music from the Classicism of the 18th century into the Romantic era, which dominated musical thinking for 100 years. What he ...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of all time, but he was plagued throughout his life by myriad health problems, most notably going mostly deaf by 1818.

Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven died, a team of researchers has managed to sequence the German composer’s genome from locks of his hair, revealing surprising details of his health ...

A new study sheds light on how Ludwig van Beethoven died almost 200 years ago — a puzzle that many have been interested in solving.

This week, learn secrets unlocked by studying Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair, explore lava tubes where Stone Age people lived, see the cosmic “God’s Hand,” and more.

In 1802, at the age of just 32, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers requesting that a post-mortem autopsy be performed on him to find the cause of his malady – his increasing ...