Resonant broken chords, and amazing bass. This instrument makes us listen to Beethoven, expecting it to launch into a Jimmy Page solo. Meet the harp guitar. This epic instrument is also known as a ...

From solo guitar to virtuosic violin, here are some of the most innovative takes on Beethoven’s iconic piano sonata. In 1801, great composer Ludwig van Beethoven sat down to pen another great piano ...

Update, 2/11/12, 12:22 pm: We’ve gotten some more info on the track. Guitarist Dean Herrera recorded all the guitar parts for these tracks during sessions for Digital Veil. Like that album, it was ...

John Lennon found inspiration for The Beatles' Because in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, creating a unique connection between ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Slowly spiralling chords in the right hand. Deep, sinking bass in the left. The opening to Beethoven’s ...

With typical assertiveness, Beethoven once asked, “With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength?” You might, indeed, measure the strength of his genius with a number of other great composers.

Seventy-eight years before Thomas Edison gave the world the light bulb, Ludwig van Beethoven composed “Moonlight Sonata,” one of the most popular compositions in classical music. I read somewhere that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. By Patricia ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” more popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (1802). (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the ...