“I feel very privileged to be able to return my inherited Beethoven skull fragments to where they belong,” Kaufmann said in a statement. “Not only will they come ‘home,’ to where Beethoven now rests forever, but also to the Medical University of Vienna, which will have them available for research.”
Beethoven was born in the German city of Bonn in 1770. He went on to produce more than 700 works including nine symphonies, 35 piano sonatas and 16 string quartets. His best-known works include Symphony No. 9, Symphony No. 3 and the “Moonlight” piano sonata. A gifted pianist from a young age, he began to turn deaf in his early 30s, a tragedy the composer often documented.
Earlier this year, a strand of the composer’s hair was studied by international researchers, allowing them to sequence Beethoven’s DNA. They identified genetic risk factors for liver disease and found signs that he had a hepatitis B infection that could have contributed to his cirrhosis.
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