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

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

Ultimate classical mashup

The genius mashup of 56 melodies from 33 classical composers that ACTUALLY works

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What per cent Beethoven are you?

QUIZ: What percent Beethoven are you?

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Beethoven 'cancelled' for being 'elitist'?

Beethoven ‘cancelled’? Why people are debating whether the Fifth Symphony is elitist

Beethoven and George Washington

QUIZ: Are these lines from the US Constitution or Beethoven’s Ode to Joy?

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Artist creates digital modern portrait of Beethoven

Beethoven portrait brought into the modern day by digital artist

Most people can’t match the composers’ face to the music – can you?

Most people can’t match the composer’s face to the music – can you?

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George Bridgetower, the violinist who fell out with Beethoven

Who was George Bridgetower? The violin virtuoso who fell out with Beethoven

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Sicre stares down the lens almost daring us to assume ballet is dainty, traditional and always safe

Ballerina’s ‘Not Beethoven’ sequence will challenge your expectations of ballet

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Was Beethoven black? Twitter debates German composer’s true heritage

how tall were the great composers

How tall were the great composers?

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How high can you score in this composer version of ‘Who Am I’?

How high can you score in this composer version of ‘Who Am I’?

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Live music returns to Geneva... with distancing

Choir and orchestra fill historic concert hall for socially-distanced Beethoven’s Ninth

Beaker Ode to Joy

The Muppets predicted music in lockdown… in a Beethoven video from 10 years ago

Chaichana the elephant dances to a Beethoven piano sonata

Watch this friendly elephant experience a Beethoven piano sonata

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‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven

‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ reworked in the style of Beethoven is a stroke of genius

Rats prefer jazz to classical music

Controversial study shows rats prefer jazz to classical music, when on drugs

Stephen Fry says Beethoven’s music ‘brought colour back’ to his life when he had depression

Stephen Fry on his depression, and how Beethoven’s music ‘brought colour back’