The volatility of Beethoven defines the public's caricature of the composer. His impassioned love of Napoleon before 1804, and his fiery hatred after,…
Like all beginnings of greatness, new understandings, revelations, Beethoven's Third Symphony is steeped in myth. It is so powerful that it almost needs…
Beethoven's Sixth will forever be tied to his Fifth, like twins who seemingly come from different families. These two symphonies were not only written…