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3-year-old conductor

This 3-year-old kid conducting to Beethoven’s Fifth is the future of classical music
Orchestra performing in concert

Music by women makes up only a fifth of contemporary music performed in the UK, finds survey
Chopin Beethoven 5

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony reworked in the style of Chopin - it’s absolutely exquisite

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Beethoven and Elisabeth Röckel

What is the meaning of Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ – and who was Elise?
The ultimate Beethoven quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about Beethoven?

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San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

Beethoven composer letters

Letters of the great composers: 14 moving, funny and inspiring quotations from the documents they left behind

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Anna-Maria Mozart mother

Famous composers' mothers

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Beethoven Album Reviews

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new releases 30th july

New releases: Irnberger and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Rachmaninov with Martin Jones
new releases 1st may

New releases: Beethoven with the Royal Northern Sinfonia & Lars Vogt and 'Strauss in St Petersburg'
new releases 10th april

New releases: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Brahms and Beethoven with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven Guides

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Beethoven

So if Beethoven was completely deaf, how did he compose?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven: Compositions, biography, siblings and more facts

Beethoven Darth Vader

The Star Wars Imperial March in the style of Beethoven sounds momentous and sad

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