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

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

Unborn babies prefer Mozart to Adele, say doctors

Doctors say: Play babies Mozart in the womb, not Adele

Soulja Boy, Stravinsky and Bruno Mars

Here's how Stravinsky ended up in songs by Bruno Mars and Soulja Boy

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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, played on a marker pen

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, but it’s played on a MARKER PEN

How well do you REALLY know Beethoven's 5th Sympho

How well do you REALLY know Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?

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Classical music in wartime

The most moving classical music composed in wartime

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Beethoven's Fifth audience part

The 'Audience part' for Beethoven's 5th is hilariously accurate

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beethoven birthday

Orchestra surprises conductor with a superb mash-up of ‘Happy Birthday’ and Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’

The ultimate Beethoven quiz

Quiz: How much do you know about Beethoven?

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richard and cosima wagner

The 9 most beautiful love letters from the great composers

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Singing husky dog

This husky thinks he’s a musical genius

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Vinheteiro pieces played fast

Can you recognise these pieces when they’re played REALLY fast?

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Orchestral flashmob Ode to Joy

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

Fur Elise on two pianos

Rock pianist plays Für Elise on two pianos at once – and it actually works

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Herbert Blomstedt

This is how Beethoven can change your life – we meet the legendary conductor Herbert Blomstedt

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Pop fan listening to classical music

Millennial listens to Beethoven for the VERY FIRST time (and it blows his mind)

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Jeremy Denk. Picture: Michael Wilson

What are themes and variations? We asked one of the world's top pianists to explain

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