Stories about People's Für Elise Experiences

What's Your Story?

We would really like to know your story. How was it the first time you heard this piece? Where? Did someone teach it to you? Has the piece touched or inspired you? Please send your story to stories@forelise.com along with a few words about yourself, and perhaps we will post your story right here on the site for everyone to read. We would also like to hear from teachers who instruct this piece. Hopefully we will compile a nice collection.

List of Stories

The piece that followed one all through school by Vivs Yemenian
It is never too late to take up and enjoy the piano by Wendy Talbot
Für Elise in an episode of The Simpons by Tom
Für Elise used in an old tape recorder commercial by Jone Coventry
The power outage that created new inspiration by Kathy Marshall
Great melody regardless of sound quality by Anonymous Author
From baby lullaby to newfound inspiration by Marshella Merritt
Für Elise played by ear from the fancy watch by K. C.
Vicars and Tarts and Für Elise on the Cayman Islands by Anne Watson-Russell
Memories of a daughter's fine piano playing by An Anonymous Mom
Beethoven is found all over the world by Divakar Nambiath
The melody that created inspiration by Peter Tramont
Not being able to play piano anymore by Mari
When a lifelong desire is finally realized by Nancy Price Beck
Being shown classical music and Beethoven by Mark
The Homeless Man That Taught Me Fur Elise by Jeremy
Discovering classical music through Für Elise by Anonymous Author
Named after Beethoven's composition by Elise Haskell
Unavoidable inspiration from childhood and beyond by Ashley
Passing music down through the family by Anonymous Author
Naming a daughter after Für Elise by Sarah Sepulveda