Ludwig van Beethoven was not born deaf, he became deaf over a period of twenty years starting from 1798, at age 27. One day Beethoven had a tenor at his apartment. The two men argued about something, the tenor left in hurry just to return for something again a bit later. As he knocked on the door Beethoven jumped up …
We, parents do everything we can to make our children prosper in life. We want them to be smart so we play with them from birth, we pay extra tutorials for them, we do our best to get them to a top-grade college or university. However, there is a very pleasant and free way to develop our children and this …
In this article we will discover all the movies that were produced about Beethoven, the composer. Almost every decade since the 1920s had a Beethoven movie and in this post we will review them all. Just to help out Google’s search engine right away this article is not about Beethoven the dog, but Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer! Your correspondent …
Like a certain form of civilized cage fights piano duels were common entertainment in contemporary Vienna. Beethoven himself participated in many proving himself a true heavy weight champion. In this article we look at the curious case of the Beethoven vs. Steibelt fight. In the Wild Wild West people used to make duels usually with one participant ending quite dead. …
You like to listen to piano music, but do not know much about this instrument? You can not help falling in love with the sound it makes? Here are 8 interesting piano facts for you! 1. Who invented the piano? The modern-day piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, around 1700. He named his invention gravecembalo col piano e forte (harpsichord …
Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is not only one of the most popular compositions ever, but has many interesting aspects, too! Here are nine of them, take a look! 1. What is the story behind the name, Moonlight sonata? Beethoven’s famous Moonlight Sonata was published in 1801 as op. 27./2. The Moonlight Sonata (“Mondscheinsonate” in German), this catchy name, was given by …