The glorious Ninth

Norman Lebrecht
STUDIO

Early in the morning of 7 May 1824, Ludwig Beethoven went for a haircut. This might seem a small issue of personal grooming, but with Beethoven nothing is insignificant. In a society where appearance was valued as much as existence — Schein über sein —...

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