Beethoven had to present his only opera three times before it won success. It was premiered as “Fidelio” in 1805, revised as “Leonore” in 1806 and revised again in 1814 as the “Fidelio ...

Written in 1806, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major was premiered by his colleague Franz Clement, just before Christmas of that year, on 23 December. Nine symphonies, five piano concertos, ...

After just three performances in the Austrian capital, the opera was withdrawn. When it briefly resurfaced in 1806, Beethoven took the opportunity to make revisions to both the music and the libretto.

After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. ... Beethoven ...

Beethoven wrote the Fourth during the late summer and fall of 1806, while staying in the palace of Count Franz von Oppersdorff in upper Silesia, far away from the bustle of Vienna.

If Ingres’ work was viewed unfavourably in 1806 it shows what risks Klinger would be taking with his Beethoven monument a century later.Even by Ingres’ day, in a world upended by Enlightenment ...

Beethoven letter to be auctioned A letter written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1806 to theatre director Baron Peter von Braun will go on auction in California.