Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Or was it for Therese? Beethoven gave the piece to a woman by that name. But he didn’t write it for her ...

Für Elise, if it had been written 200 years later… A pianist has imagined what Beethoven’s ‘Für Elise’ (Bagatelle No.25 in A minor) might sound like if it had been composed by Ludovico Einaudi. In a ...

It's one of the most famous pieces of piano music, but Beethoven's ‘Für Elise’ has a lot more going on under the hood than you might expect. Marcus is not just your average bank, and with them we're ...

Fire up any online piano lesson or sheet music platform and one of the most popular pieces will inevitably be Beethoven’s Für Elise, the ubiquitous bagatelle that the whole world wants to play. This ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 It is overplayed all over pop culture. But the pianist Igor Levit says it is “one of the most beautiful pieces I know.” By Joshua ...

Although Pachelbel’s Canon, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” and the “Ode to Joy” provide stiff competition, Beethoven’s “Für Elise” is probably the most numbingly familiar of classical melodies. Myriad ...

Will Smith said he improvised his character's piano moment in the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" pilot. Smith said that he was originally supposed to sit at the bench and reflect on his uncle's words. The ...

Für Elise has become one of the most widely recognizable classical pieces in the world. It has appeared in commercials, movies, and even garbage trucks in Taiwan. So how did it get so popular, and is ...

Next to the opening of his Fifth Symphony, Für Elise is one of Beethoven’s best-known melodies, a mainstay of piano lessons for generations and a ringtone on millions of mobile phones. Beethoven's ...