As anyone living with budding musicians can relate, when someone falls in love with a piece of music, they’re not shy of sharing. Jules from Facebook remembers playing Beethoven’s Für Elise as a young ...

How it started: ‘Für Elise’. How it’s going: ‘Esile Rüf’. Beethoven’s piano miniature ‘Für Elise’ is one of the most famous pieces ever written – every young pianist has had a bash at playing that ...

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 ...

The identity of the muse for Für Elise has long puzzled experts. A new book suggests it was named by someone else, after the composer’s death It is one of classical music’s most famous compositions ...