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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now a leading Beethoven expert has come to the conclusion that there never was an Elise — or at least not one that Beethoven knew. In a book due to be released in May, Why Beethoven, Norman Lebrecht ...