Was 'Für Elise' actually a 19th-century 'U up? text? We’re untangling the web of secret singers and broken hearts behind the ...

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 ...

(26) Bagatelles, Movements: No. 1 in E flat Ronald Brautigam, Fortepiano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer (26) Bagatelles, Movements: No. 2 in C Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Ronald Brautigam, ...

Beethoven wrote his Op 119 Bagatelles – 11 short pieces each lasting no more than a minute or two – when he was working on two of his biggest works: the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony. His ...

Paul Lewis delights in Beethoven’s bagatelles. Plus, a reconfigured Media vita and sacred music from Armenia Suffering from Beethoven anniversary fatigue? The British pianist Paul Lewis has the ideal ...

What exactly constitutes a Beethoven bagatelle is a moot point, as witness the varied add-ons to the standard published sets of Opp 33, 119 and 126, masterpieces all. As you’d expect from such an ...