It seems Beethoven was forever reeling off wise, philosophical quotes about music. As the world marks 250 years of the German revolutionary, here are some of his most memorable lines. A quarter of a ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was likely born on December 17, 1770. Beethoven's father, Johann, quickly realized that his son was a musical prodigy. Beethoven learned music from an early age, giving his ...

One of the major questions musicologists have asked for years is why the brilliant Ludwig van Beethoven devoted four years of his life to writing 33 variations of what is considered to be a very ...