Beethoven in dreadlocks … the show that celebrates great myths about the composer

Did deafness liberate him? Was his African ancestry suppressed? Did he write a musical communist manifesto? A new show in Paris revels in – and debunks – the many myths surrounding BeethovenIn the summer of 1812, Goethe and Beethoven were walking arm in arm through the streets of the Bohemian spa resort of Teplitz when their path was blocked by a gaggle of oncoming dukes and duchesses. “They must make way for us, not the other way around,” composer told poet. But Goethe,