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Classical music cues cleaning in Taiwan

Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ alerts Taiwanese residents to take out their trash

Bad Beethoven t-shirt reviews

Musicians are leaving savage reviews of this incorrect Beethoven Fifth t-shirt

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Beethoven in 250 words.

Beethoven at 250: famous figures share what his music means to them, in 250 words

Slate article tells classical fans to ‘stop calling Beethoven by his last name’

‘Fullnaming’ Mozart and Beethoven to fight sexism and racism? Twitter squabbles over Slate article
This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashm

This absolutely epic Beethoven ‘Ode to Joy’ flashmob is still the greatest

Chopin Beethoven 5

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony reworked in the style of Chopin is absolutely exquisite

André Rieu’s version of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ is currently topping the iTunes singles chart

Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ tops UK singles download chart

Portrait Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the Missa Solemnis', 1820.

Beethoven’s unfinished tenth symphony to be completed by artificial intelligence

Gloucester Cathedral

Brexiteer threatens to boycott Three Choirs Festival over EU anthem ‘Ode to Joy’

Brexiteers turn their backs on the EU anthem

Brexit Party MEPs turn their backs on Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ in protest against EU

America's Got Talent guitarist Marcin

AGT guitarist stuns judges with solo guitar arrangement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven composer's hair auctioned at Sotheby's

A lock of Beethoven’s hair has just been sold at auction – and it went for a whopping £35,000
Beethoven is more popular than Mozart

Beethoven beats Mozart to the top spot as the most popular Classic FM composer of 2019

Android piano advert

Beethoven, but all the keys on this piano are tuned to middle C

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Orchestra performing in concert

Music by women makes up only a fifth of contemporary music performed in the UK, finds survey
Japanese woman plays horn at Nara Park, Japan

Watch a horn player serenade deer with some Beethoven

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David Beckham Beethoven

David Beckham plays Beethoven's greatest symphony (with footballs)

Orchestral flashmob Ode to Joy

A little girl gives coins to a street musician, and gets the best surprise in return

Deep House Moonlight Sonata remix

If Beethoven lived in 2017, the Moonlight Sonata would be this Deep House remix

Duchess of Cambridge conducts Hamburg Beethoven

The Duchess of Cambridge went to Hamburg and conducted the opening of Beethoven Symphony No.5
Beethoven mash-up girl

This pianist has created the ultimate Beethoven mash-up and it is truly wonderful

Beethoven tuning fork

Here’s a recording of Beethoven’s actual tuning fork

Multi-Story Orchestra Beethoven

It’s a performance of Beethoven, but in a car park

Videos

Beethoven Ode to Joy Ragtime

This ragtime version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy is sublimely cheery

Fur Elise Jazz

This pianist reworked Beethoven's 'Für Elise' into a groovy jazz piece

Beethoven Parliament

MPs protested against Brexit by singing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy in the House of Commons

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10 works of Beethoven that actually changed the world

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata: discover the 1801 piano masterpiece
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral')

The remarkable story of Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony No. 9 and the ‘Ode to Joy’

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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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Ludwig van Beethoven and Nannette Streicher

Meet Nannette Streicher, ‘the woman who built Beethoven’s pianos’
Ludwig van Beethoven

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

A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonie

A step-by-step guide to Beethoven’s nine symphonies