With the advent of modern molecular methods, the ability to analyze the DNA of historical figures has become a reality. The ...
Nearly two centuries after the composer's death, DNA extracted from Beethoven's hair has offered scientists a rare glimpse into the genetic makeup of one of humanity's most celebrated musical minds.
The team analyzed DNA sequences available from an earlier study completed in 2023, in which the composer’s genetic material was extracted from strands of his hair ... we had no prior expectation about ...
Through musicAeterna, he has been reinterpreting the masterpieces of the past: from Purcell to Shostakovich, passing through ...
Symphony No. 9, sometimes referred to as the Choral Symphony, was the capstone to Beethoven’s extraordinary career. In the ...
Check if you have access via personal or institutional login In 1796 the young Beethoven presented his first two cello sonatas, Op. 5, at the court of Frederick William II, an avid cellist and the ...
“There is no army of Beethoven scholars,” Lockwood told me. “It’s a tiny field … terra incognita.” Kitchen is not a scholar. A boyish 57-year-old with a shock of bushy white ...
BERTAGNOLLI, PAUL 2015. Edward MacDowell's Original Program for theSonata Eroica. Journal of the Society for American Music, Vol. 9, Issue. 1, p. 61. Rice, John A. 2015. Review: The Oxford Handbook of ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The Australian Chamber Orchestra presents a minutely curated discovery of Beethoven's influence ...