13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A monumental portrait of Ludwig vanBeethoven, painted by the legendary artist and photographer Edward Steichen in 1902, has emerged after being largely hidden from public view for nearly a century.
Witter said one of the pianos lost in the fire was played by Ludwig vanBeethoven, the 19th-century master composer and pianist ... 800 miles to Vienna on word a piano Beethoven had played was on sale.
“Some of these people, like Frederick and Alice Slee, left their entire fortune to this music department to endow this incredible concert series, [Slee BeethovenQuartetSeries and The Slee Visiting Artist Series]” he said.