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

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

Beethoven reincarnated by visual artist using composer’s life mask for first time

Ultra-realistic image of Beethoven created by visual artist using composer’s own life mask

Beethoven's great choral anthem is based on a poem by Friedrich Schiller

What are the lyrics to ‘Ode to Joy’ from Beethoven’s Symphony No.9?

A smaller, but still immense, 5,000 strong choir in Japan sing Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

Monumental sound as 10,000-strong Japanese megachoir sings Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’

Genius of Joy: The Story of Beethoven’s Ninth

Richard Armitage narrates story of Beethoven’s Ninth in 200th anniversary Classic FM radio special

Chopin’s Nocturnes help students retain memorised information, according to this study

Chopin and Beethoven’s music helps students pass exams, study finds

Great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini

Remembering the great Maurizio Pollini with this intensely beautiful final Beethoven sonata

Maurizio Pollini

Chineke! Orchestra

What is a symphony? We explain…

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Heart-melting quotations from love letters written by composers

10 heart-melting quotations from composers’ love letters

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10 gargantuan and epic pieces of classical music

10 epic pieces of classical music that will make you feel tiny in comparison

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The 15 best violin concertos of all time.

The 15 greatest violin concertos of all time, ranked

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From Mozart to Elgar: the best pieces of classical music for beginners

15 timeless pieces to begin your journey into classical music

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AI piano disabled musicians to play Beethoven

The new AI piano that allows disabled musicians to play Beethoven in full harmony

10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

10 pieces of classical music that will 100% change your life

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Beethoven's greatest works

Definitively the 20 greatest Beethoven works of all time

Beethoven and West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein borrowed a famous Beethoven melody for West Side Story’s most emotional scene

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Sir Keir Starmer chooses Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, the EU Anthem, as music that sums up the Labour Party

Sir Keir Starmer says Beethoven’s choral anthem ‘Ode to Joy’ sums up the Labour party

Leonard Bernstein conducted a monumental Beethoven symphony to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

When Leonard Bernstein conducted an ‘Ode to Freedom’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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