We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
Ludwig von Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
After Beethoven's father started drinking, the income his young son generated was the family's main source of support.
Beethoven's adult life was marked by his profound deafness.
Filled with despair about his increasing deafness, Beethoven searched for peace and quiet in the countryside.
When Joseph Hayden - then Europe's most-famous composer - learned about Beethoven's talents, he invited Ludwig to become his pupil.
Returning to Vienna, the thirty-five-year-old Beethoven responded to his growing deafness by surrounding himself with work.
When he was alive, Beethoven - one of the world's most famous composers - was sometimes considered to be a strange man.
Continuation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, performed by the Bavarian Broadcast Symphony Orchestra (with other leading musicians from Europe, America ...
Many fans of classical music think that the second movement of Beethoven's 7th Symphony is one of the lovliest pieces of classical music ever written....
Nathaniel Ayers attended the LA Philharmonic's rehearsal of Beethoven's Third Symphony - known as the "Eroica" - with his friend, Steve Lopez.
In her book North to Freedom (also known as I am David), Anne Holms sets the stage at a Bulgarian forced labor camp - likely Belene - where children, ...
Within weeks after his marriage to Peggy Shippen, a loyalist, Benedict Arnold contacted the British.
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