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

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

McDonald's in Wrexham to play Beethoven after 5pm to deter loiterers

McDonald’s restaurant in Wales to play Beethoven to tackle late-night antisocial behaviour

LeBron James listens to Beethoven before a basketball game

LeBron James reveals he listens to Beethoven to ‘calm down’ before games

Orchestra’s outer space Beethoven performance leaves legendary conductor in tears

The outer-space Beethoven concert that left legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa in tears

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Daniel Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Yo-Yo Ma

When Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma and Anne-Sophie Mutter combined to gift us achingly beautiful Beethoven

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'Beethoven's Funeral March' was played at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession

The power of ‘Beethoven’s Funeral March’, the musical masterpiece played during the Queen’s procession

The Philadelphia Orchestra, and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, performing at Carnegie Hall last year, mostly without masks

Beethoven symphony dropped from Edinburgh International Festival following Covid-19 mask disagreement

Bottlenose dolphins enjoyed listening to Bach as part of the study

Dolphins behave better after listening to Bach and Beethoven, study finds

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Beethoven meme

A maths teacher accidentally made a music meme that trolled the world

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Pianist Lionel Yu creates genius dubstep remix of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata

Pianist creates genius dubstep remix of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, in front of live audience

Beethoven’s music gets turned upside down in this creative reimagining

Beethoven’s Für Elise sounds surprisingly enchanting when ‘twisted’ upside down

Lizzo joined the cast of Saturday Night Live this weekend

Lizzo plays Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ on the flute in hilarious orchestra sketch

Could Beethoven be the key to more efficient driving?

Classical music could be the key to making electric car batteries go further

Mikhail Khokhlov, director of the music school, with President Vladimir Putin

Russian music students bravely condemn conductor’s pro-Putin ‘Z’ stunt

Tiffin Boys' Choir sing in The Batman

Why Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’? The Batman soundtrack explained

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Beethoven in a major key

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 played in a major key is surprisingly unsettling

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A digital artist is using AI to reveal how history’s great composers would look today

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Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony started life as a piano work

How Beethoven’s iconic ‘da-da-da-dum’ motif was almost lost in a forgotten piano piece