Take a dive into chapters of Beethoven history, from botanicals to famous pianists to mysteries about purported skull bones.
Beethoveniana: The Famous Pianist Egon Petri on Beethoven
Alfred Kanwischer’s Egon Petri, Musician to the World, Interviews and Commentary, published by Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen, 2019 (154 pp., can…
Beethoveniana: Heine’s Schindler “Visiting Card” Canard
Question: Did Anton Schindler—Beethoven’s volunter assistant from roughly January 1823 through May 1824 and from December 8, 1826, till the…
Beethoveniana: The Romeo Seligmann Skull Fragments Donated to the Josephinum Medizinhistorisches Museum Wien
William Meredith On Thursday, July 20, 2023, California businessman Paul Kaufmann donated the two large and remaining very small Romeo…
Beethoveniana: Beethoven’s Daylily, and Other Plants
Thousands of new daylily crosses are created each year but only a few are considered worthy of being named if…