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 ...

It’s one of Beethoven’s best-known works – but the identity of its dedicatee has been the subject of years of confusion. Who actually was Elise? Beethoven’s Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor is rarely ...

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 ...

Culture Re-View: Everything you need to know about ‘Für Elise’, the lost Beethoven bagatelle that's inspired everything from horror films to rubbish trucks. Those tinkering initial piano notes, as the ...

‘Für Elise’ on a charming miniature piano clock – and there’s a lot going on... The notation and music says Bagatelle in A Minor, but the keyboard movement speaks of some phased minimalism, more akin ...

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