Five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair have been used to help uncover information about the German composer's health. Beethoven, who died in 1827, notably had several health problems and wanted his ...

His music changed the world, and nearly 200 years after his death, new technology unlocks new secrets about the life and death of Ludwig Van Beethoven. The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven ...

An experiment in Brazil compared the effects of exposing breast cancer cells in culture to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D, and Ligeti's "Atmosphères." The experiment ...

“[Beethoven's] illnesses sometimes very much limited his creative work, and for physicians, it has always been a mystery what was really behind it,” said one of the researchers who examined the locks ...

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