Was Beethoven Black? A Twitter meme reveals more about race and music than the composer's origins
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 08:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth, and in mid-June this year, he started trending on Twitter. Perhaps it wasn't so strange that Beethoven was popping up on social media platforms, but what was unusual and certainly unforeseen: the claim that "Beethoven was Black."