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 ...

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 ...

(REUTERS) - Classical piano musician "Slava" Svjatoslav Presnyakov gave one of the most famous pieces in classical music, Beethoven's Fur Elise, a new 1920s twist. Presnyakov told Reuters he wanted to ...

If Beethoven had been composing in 1980s Cuba, ‘Für Elise’ would have sounded like this (maybe). Here’s one of Beethoven’s most hummable tunes, as you’ve never heard it before. Pianist Alfredor Music ...

A 36-week-old baby hears ‘Für Elise’ in utero, and can’t help but slip on their dancing shoes... It’s been stipulated for a while that babies in the womb enjoy – nay are positively stimulated by – the ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. You don’t have to be a classical musical snob to recognize this track—it ...

Fur Elise or Bagatelle No. 25 for musicians, is one of the most popular and soothing pieces by music stalwart Ludwig van Beethoven. The piece that was not published during Beethoven’s lifetime and was ...

Aamir Khan Plays Beethoven’s Fur Elise As He Continues To Raises The Excitement For His Next Kahani (Pic Credit: Wikipedia) For the past few days, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who has been ...

I arrived in Taipei last Friday, for a one-month visit. It's a resplendent, occasionally maze-like city, filled with hidden tea houses and tangled-up skyscrapers, outpourings of people, alley cats and ...