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STwenty-six volumes look down from her shelf. Your leather backs shine nobly, the golden print shines like new. The 24th volume of the nineteenth edition … Read more
Ludwig van Beethoven
In Ludwig van Beethoven’s footsteps in Mechelen
MEchelen, located between Brussels and Antwerp, is the place of origin of the Van Beethoven family. Translated, the name means “from the beet garden”. Almost … Read more
The composer was a seriously ill man
O You people who consider me to be hostile, stubborn or misanthropic or explain how wrong you are to me, you do not know the … Read more
For the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven
WSome personalities are so important for our own present that this newspaper devotes an entire feature section to them. Ludwig van Beethoven, who was baptized … Read more
Sound of utopia – Beethoven turns 250
Bonn (dpa) – This is probably not how the admirers had imagined the celebration: On the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), the music … Read more
Corona crisis: small states on the German stage
Culture Corona-Krise Small states on the German stage Stand: 4:48 p.m. | Reading time: 3 minutes Everyone has to make sacrifices: “Pierrot Lunaire / La … Read more
Vladimir Rebikov as an innovator of Russian music
Do being deprived of its effectiveness by intellectual theft is bitter for composers, especially since the dictates of an aesthetic of originality, which is part … Read more
The Quatuor Ébène plays Beethoven’s string quartets
Noh never have we been so far removed from our habits, our solo points of reference and also from what is expected of us: in … Read more
The Berlin State Library shows Beethoven’s manuscripts
“Everlasting yours / Everlasting my / Eternally unß” – The words are getting more and more moving towards these closing words, and what should be … Read more