OK, so there’s this “Peanuts” strip where Schroeder, one of Charlie Brown’s best friends, is getting ready for something big. He’s doing push-ups and sit-ups. He’s jumping rope and jogging and, ...

Record-keeping was imperfect in 18th-century Germany, so history does not have an exact date of birth for classical composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, now probably best loved for his contributions to the ...

Beethoven’s 239th birthday is being celebrated online, and “Peanuts” is hosting the party. We’re talking comic strips: Cartoonist Charles Schulz was a Beethoven freak. And beginning today — most ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Web site pays tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven on his 239th birthday by way of Schroeder, the Beethoven fan in the Peanuts comic strip. The site is based on the ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- In a Peanuts strip from the mid-1950s, Charlie Brown finds Schroeder in front of a hi-fi, his ear to the speaker. "Shh," Schroeder says. "I'm listening to Beethoven's Ninth." ...

The return today of the comic strip "Peanuts" to The Canton Repository – along with a varying lineup of other new and old comics – brings to mind the moment when Stark County readers were introduced ...