Introduction To see recent articles on the lead study in The New York Times and the Viennese Der Standard, see: A report in the journal …
Beethoven’s Lead Poisoning (May 6, 2024)
Beethoveniana
The Inauthenticity of the Hiller Lock of “Beethoven’s” Hair: A Close Examination of Its Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data
In the March 22, 2023, Current Biology publication on analyses of Beethoven’s genome, “Genomic Analyses of Hair from Ludwig van Beethoven,” we revealed that the …
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 be ordered online for $37.40) …
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 composer’s death in March 1827—have …
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 Seligmann skull fragments to the …
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 they show promise of commercial …