Beethoven’s Music Gone Astray

“Musical Titan”, “Freedom Fighter”, “Hero” – to this very day Ludwig van Beethoven’s admirers and critics feel the urge to co-opt his life and music. Christian Kämpf, curator of the thematic path “Beethoven | Freedom” in the DHM’s Permanent Exhibition, traces the political instrumentalization of Beethoven and takes a close look at two special moments in German history.