A 19th-century print depicting the premiere of the Ninth; and Schiller, author of the famous ode (Bridgeman Images) No symphony has been more widely discussed, or been a greater divider of musical ...
'All people become brothers.' Beethoven’s epic final symphony, a vision for music and for humanity. Beethoven, by this time almost entirely deaf, conducted the premiere performance of his Choral ...
We deconstruct the music, and look at the world that inspired it. "Ludwig van Beethoven," by Karl Joseph Stieler (Credit: Art Archive/Beethoven House) Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, with its ...