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

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

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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Peter Schickele Beethoven 5 parody

‘PDQ Bach’ musical satirist has died – this Beethoven 5 parody captures Peter Schickele’s rare genius

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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The most memorable times classical music featured in the hit cartoon ‘Bluey’

‘Bluey’ soundtrack: the most memorable times classical music featured in the hit cartoon

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Beethoven, Mahler and Dvořák all died after writing their ninth symphonies

What is the Curse of the Ninth and does it really exist?

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Violinist Esther Abrami and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili – beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

10 most beautiful and moving pieces of classical music

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Steibelt and Beethoven dual

The pianist who dared to challenge Beethoven to a musical duel in Vienna – and his fate…

The greatest pieces of music for cello

These are factually the 15 best cello pieces in existence

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar Cello Concerto; Alison Balsom plays Haydn Trumpet Concerto; Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Williams Violin Concerto No.2

The 20 greatest concertos in classical music

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Fragile skull fragments, presumed to be Beethoven’s, returned to Vienna for study

Fragile skull fragments, presumed to be Beethoven’s, returned to Vienna for study