However, questions regarding his race have been a recurring issue. So, was Beethoven black? The fact of Beethoven's ethnicity has been the subject of scholastic research and investigations.

Orchestra, Europe's first professional Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra, talk about their lives in classical music: we also hear from other Black classical musicians about their work.

Kandice Chavous for The New York Times Batiste says Beethoven’s music is “so very African, filled with polyrhythms, in two-meter and three-meter at once all the time.” ...