A team of researchers tested Beethoven’s DNA for beat synchronization ability, a trait related to musicality. While Beethoven’s polygenic score was unremarkable compared to the general population, the ...

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Tim Page, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning classical music critic for The Washington Post, is Professor of Journalism and Music at the University of Southern California and the author or editor of more ...

The notion that artistic creativity and emotional state are somehow related goes back to the time of Aristotle. However, it is extremely difficult to quantify the degree of misery (or happiness) of an ...

He’s the towering musical genius who didn’t let his deafness prevent him from becoming one of the world’s greatest composers. Ludwig van Beethoven may have been born 250 years ago, but his story of ...

TROY, N.Y. — The feeling most of us have when leaving a concert featuring the work of a musical giant like Beethoven is awe for the genius of the composer. This weekend the Albany Symphony Orchestra ...

The music of Beethoven exercises an equal hold over audiences and performers alike. Audiences love the drama and epic scale. The opening notes of his Fifth Symphony may be the most famous and ...