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Site Essays: Biographical articles on personalities, scholars, and friends of Ludwig van Beethoven

These pages will feature all articles, whether published or unpublished, written by contributors to the research center who wish to support Beethovenian research. Some have appeared in specialized journals, while others were created specifically for us. Among our contributors are Michel Rouch, Luigi Bellofatto, Graziano Denini, Antonietta Cappelli and Giovanni Mura. The same articles will also be available on their dedicated pages within the site. Anyone interested in collaborating is welcome to contact us via the email addresses provided in the “Contacts” section.

Maria Magdalene Keverich

Maria Magdalene Keverich

Beethoven Mutter. (Zur Auffindung ihres Grabes.). Beethoven’s mother and the discovery of her grave. Article appeared in "Zeitschrift für Musik, page 1216 November 1935

Hermann Unger

Johann Peter Keverich (1734-1807)

Johann Peter Keverich (1734-1807)

Beethoven’s Only Uncle Presented at “Musicology after Beethoven. XVII International Congress of the German Musicological Society (GfM)”

James F. Green

Willy Hess,

Willy Hess,

le chercheur qui découvrit beaucoup d’œuvres de Beethoven

Par Miriam Allemand

Minona von Stackelberg

Minona von Stackelberg

Was she Ludwig van Beethoven’s illegitimate daughter? A new light on a neglected question.

New version of the article that appeared in French in the A.B.F. magazine and even earlier on the website www.lvbeethoven.com

Antonio Bruers:

Antonio Bruers:

Erudition and mystery

Between D’Annunzio and Beethoven, between archives and metapsychics: a portrait of a restless century

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