Competitors are challenged to walk, run, or jog a 5K, which is about 3.1 miles, before the final note of Beethoven’s 5th ...

Nowhere is the possibility and never is the suggestion that Beethoven was a mixed-race or interracial composer. He was either black or he was white.

Pursuing the idea that “Beethoven was Black” both whitewashes and blackwashes music history, as African American studies scholar Nicholas Rinehart has observed.Blackwashing makes important ...

A 2015 article proposing that Beethoven was black resurfaced, sparking a Twitter debate--and bringing attention to black composers who were Beethoven's contemporaries.

Debate over Beethoven's race sparked once again on Twitter last week. He is depicted here in a portrait by August Klober from 1818. Photo by Universal History Archive / Getty Images An old ...

Runners try to Beat Beethoven Hundreds of runners raced on the streets of Halifax – to the sounds of Symphany Nova Scotia.

Registration is open for the 28th annual Beat Beethoven 5K, supporting the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. The race starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Patty Center on the University of Alaska ...

The Beat Beethoven’s Fifth 5K Fun Run and Walk took place at the Central Oregon Community College campus Sunday. The annual fund-raising race supports the Central Oregon Symphony.