Music is like a language which everyone understands. It is an art form capable of generating great emotional response. Meet some of the world's famous composers and musical performers in this collection of music-based stories.
After Beethoven's father started drinking, the income his young son generated was the family's main source of support.
Beethoven's Third Symphony, commonly known as the Eroica (Heroic) was revolutionary for its time.
In this clip, Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic as it plays the Overture to Beethoven's Fidelio (the later title given to his only ...
Beethoven's adult life was marked by his profound deafness.
Filled with despair about his increasing deafness, Beethoven searched for peace and quiet in the countryside.
When Joseph Hayden - then Europe's most-famous composer - learned about Beethoven's talents, he invited Ludwig to become his pupil.
Returning to Vienna, the thirty-five-year-old Beethoven responded to his growing deafness by surrounding himself with work.
When he was alive, Beethoven - one of the world's most famous composers - was sometimes considered to be a strange man.
On the 17th of December, 1808, an announcement appeared in a Vienna newspaper.
It is amazing how the score of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony appears in animated fashion - with the various parts of the orchestra playing at their appoi...
In this clip, Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) conducts the NBC Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.
In this clip, Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) conducts the NBC Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.
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