Being Beethoven
Being Beethoven is a TV show on BBC4. Documentary series that tells the life story of Beethoven in the context of the composer's own time and place, revealing a life following a very different trajectory to his art. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 1 episode was broadcast in June 2025.
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Being Beethoven
As Beethoven embarks on the extraordinary flowering of his late music, his health deteriorates and his desire for love and family tips over into obsession.
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