The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1994, an orthopaedic surgeon using a payphone in upstate New York noticed a thunderstorm in the distance. He ...

A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The humble road rumble strip, used around the world to alert ...

Almost two centuries after Beethoven's death, scientists say they've finally cracked the case of what the famously cranky composer really looked like. Credit: Cicero Moraes/Pen News Turns out ...

Videotapes and the VCRs they're played on first appeared in the United States in 1977, the same year "Star Wars" was released. However, the technology had been available in Japan since 1971 when the ...

He works in mysterious ways.

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven is renowned as a great composer. Many people across the world know his name, that he wrote his best music after he became profoundly ...

When it comes to revisiting older works, musicians have a "golden opportunity," says Jon Batiste. "You can connect dots that were never connected before." That's what Batiste is doing in his new album ...

'Batiste takes a phrase of Beethoven, and answers and contrasts it with a minor, bluesy jazz phrase of his own' Into this fray steps an American musical celebrity, New Orleans-born Jon Batiste, 38 ...

The Grammy-winning musician discusses his new genre-scrambling album, and his optimism in the face of President Trump's return: "Whatever is the darkest ... force against your wellbeing is also the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Thirty-three years ago, on Oct. 19, 1991, a deadly firestorm tore through the Oakland Hills, killing 25 people and injuring 150. To this day, the cause of the fire remains ...

Sandy (left) plays the guitar while Spongebob (right) sings into a microphone. Both wear marching band uniforms as lights and pyrotechnics go off in the background Image via Nickelodeon Nickelodeo n ...