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 and ...

THAYER’S LIFE OF BEETHOVEN edited by Elliot Forbes. 1 volumes, 1,136 pages. Princeton. $25. It was Richard Wagner who called Beethoven “a world walking among men.” The world was, of course, his music, ...

A genetic study conducted on locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair revealed more details about the composer's death at a relatively young age in March 1827. The University of Cambridge biological ...

Author Jan Swafford has just published a Beethoven biography — and he's sharing surprising facts he learned while writing his book. See some... What do you know about Beethoven? He wrote the Fifth ...

WASHINGTON -- Edmund Morris has finally written a biography that's (1) not about a Republican president and (2) fewer than 784 pages. Morris -- the author of "Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan," "The ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. As a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all ...