Ad for the sale of a lock of hair claimed to be cut by Luigi Cramolini. The slip of paper containing the notes, allegedly for Beethoven’s funeral procession, was given to the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies; some of the hair was tested for the genome project and found to be inauthentic, the remainder is owned by the American Beethoven Society members who purchased it.
Strands of the “Cramolini” Lock, which are not authentic (see the genome paper)
Russian postcard showing the cast of Beethoven’s skull (from the collection of William Meredith). (Photo credit: William Meredith)

“The History of ‘Beethoven’s’ Skull Fragments: Part Two,” The Beethoven Journal 30, no. 1 (2015): 25-29.
Skull Fragments pt. 2.pdf


“What Did Beethoven Really Say about the Mozart Requiem? Mozart’s and Cherubini’s Requiems; Beethoven’s, Holz’s, and Seyfried’s Views.” The Beethoven Journal 29 (2014): 34-39.
Beethoven and the Mozart Requiem.pdf


 “Cramolini’s Lock of Beethoven’s Hair and a Translation of the Account of Beethoven’s Funeral by Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried in Haslinger’s First Edition of ‘Beethoven’s Begräbniss’ (1827).” Translation by William Meredith with assistance from Uwe Wrede. The Beethoven Journal 27 (2012): 96-99.
Cramolini’s Beethoven Hair.pdf


“The Westerby-Meredith Hypothesis: The History of the Eroica Variations and Daniel Steibelt’s Fortepiano Quintet, Opus 28, no. 2.” The Beethoven Journal 27 (2012): 26-44.
Westerby Hypothesis.pdf


 “Bettina Brentano, The Immortal Beloved, and Beethoven Historiography,” Introduction to Edward Walden, Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved: Solving the Mystery (Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2011), ix-xxxiv.


Essay-Review: “Michaelis’ Schulz, Schulz’s Beethoven, and the Construction of Biography.” The Beethoven Journal 23 (2008): 79-91.
Michaelis’ Schulz.pdf


“The History of Beethoven’s Skull Fragments.” The Beethoven Journal 20 (2005): 2-46.
Skull Fragments part 1.pdf


“Beethoven’s Sonata in A-flat Major, Opus 110.” The Beethoven Journal 17, no. 1 (Summer 2002): 14-29.
Beethoven’s Opus 110.pdf


“Mortal Musings: Testing the Candidacy of Almerie Esterházy against the Antonie Brentano Theory.” The Beethoven Journal 15 (2000): 42-47.


“The Origins of Beethoven’s Op. 109.” The Musical Times 126, no. 1714 (December 1985): 713-16.
Musical Times article.pdf