Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undated handout photo from the Beethoven-Haus shows the original manuscript of Beethoven's String Quartet No 13 in B flat major ...

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Beethoven's C Minor mood is a topic of much discussion by scholars. Right around the time of the French Revolution and the onset of his deafness, Beethoven started writing powerful, somewhat dark ...