UNDATED (WKRC) - A new DNA analysis on a preserved lock of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair has ... could have interesting implications about Beethoven's family history. The researchers found a genetic ...

In fact his family was of Dutch descent ... Fired by ambitions to turn his gifted son into a second Mozart, Johann van Beethoven would keep him slaving at the piano all night, raining blows on him ...

(Anthi Tiliakou via AP) Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven's death ... When they tested DNA from living members of the extended Beethoven family, scientists found a discrepancy in ...

This is the anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Beethoven is renowned as a great composer. Many people across the world know his name, that he wrote his best music after he became ...

Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was born into a musical family, learnt the piano and violin, and was performing publicly at the age of just 8. Beethoven was a brilliant keyboard ...