
Beethoven and the Romantic spirit
The composer’s Third Cello Sonata, an underrated masterwork, cuts up the musical form and reassembles it anew.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
The composer’s Third Cello Sonata, an underrated masterwork, cuts up the musical form and reassembles it anew.
ByThe artefacts in this major exhibition are poignant aids to understanding the composer’s struggles.
ByThat the composer, whose 250th anniversary is being celebrated this year, overcame deafness to write the greatest music of all…
ByBeethoven was a musical revolutionary – but was he a political one, too?
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