Locks of Beethoven’s Hair Offer New Clues to the Mystery of His Deafness
At 7 p.m. on May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven, then 53, strode onto the stage of the magnificent Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna to assist conduct the world premiere of his Ninth Symphony, the final he would ever full. That efficiency, whose 2 hundredth anniversary is on Tuesday, was unforgettable in some ways. But […] More