It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.
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Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
The predominantly white European field of music education in the US is changing radically these days as schools confront anti-Black histories.
Beethoven was afflicted with health conditions for much of his adult life, and wished for their cause to be discovered and made public.
Plus, how a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony using AI. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Every once in a while, the story that Beethoven was Black circulates in popular culture, but there’s no evidence to support this claim.
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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