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

Works by two master musicians will be celebrated at Boston College this month with Music Department concerts in tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Portrait of Johann Sebastian ...

Beethoven around 1804-5. Portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler There may have an element of that, but the unhelpful practices of public concert life in Vienna at the time – familiar enough to ...