The lives of the great composers continue to fascinate music lovers — though none, it could be argued, exert quite the fascination of Beethoven, who continues to attract biographers and commentators, ...

Beethoven changed the course of music with his mighty nine symphonies. What would happen to music — and to the world — if the manuscript of a 10th symphony by Beethoven suddenly emerged from oblivion?

“With the exit of fresco and oil-painting, the great masters of absolute plastic and absolute music file on to the stage, man after man. Behind Bach and Handel come Gluck, Stamitz, the younger Bachs, ...

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be the ghost of a dead classical musician, looking on while the rock ‘n’ rollers get all the credit for bringing music to bear on pop culture. You might ...

Matthew Guerrieri's The First Four Notes: Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination, is a fascinating survey of the many meanings attached to the Fifth, from thinkers like Nietzsche and Sarter, to ...

BEETHOVEN: ANGUISH AND TRIUMPH By Jan Swafford Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40, 1,1007 pages, illustrated Just as Schubert lamented, “Who can do anything after Beethoven?” readers of this biography can ...

Colorado has long been a haven for summer classical music festivals, with the Aspen Music Festival as the most prominent and established. True music aficionados are also well aware of how fortunate ...

Santa Fe writer John Clubbe radiates serenity. When you first meet him, it’s almost impossible to imagine him angry, especially at a level approaching the rage that’s conveyed on the cover of his ...

There have been many books written about classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s life and musical career. My own collection includes volumes by A.W. Thayer and Maynard Solomon, Harold C. Schonberg’s ...

A Vietnamese version of Beethoven: The Music and The Life has been released on the occasion of the composer's 250th birthday (1770-2020). A Vietnamese version of Beethoven: The Music and The Life has ...