Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Explore the music, life and times of the composer who changed culture. No composer left a mark on music quite like Ludwig van Beethoven. He took the ...

From an evolutionary standpoint, we’re still not sure whether our brains evolved specifically to process music, or music happened to make use of neural pathways that had developed for other reasons.

Scientists have definitively proven that it’s not your fault you fell asleep during the symphony: Songs with a 10 second repetitive rhythm cycle, including — rather notably — Beethoven’s 9th, sync ...

If not, please allow Richard Perlmutter to explain in song during his performance Saturday with his vocal group Beethoven's Wig. Though there won't be a symphony orchestra at the show, Perlmutter and ...

So can we look forward to doses of Puccini and Verdi on the NHS, and health warnings printed on CDs of Vivaldi? One must hope not, as the thinking behind this research seems distressingly simplistic.

Cardiologists at Oxford University have found that some classical pieces, such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, are in sync with the body’s natural rhythm so can significantly lower the listener’s blood ...