What's Your Story?

Below is a collection of stories regarding people's first encounter with Für Elise, and I would like to read yours as well. How was it the first time you heard this piece? Where? Did someone teach it to you? Has the piece touched or inspired you? Feel free to send your story to me along with a few words about yourself, and maybe your story will be posted here. I would also like to hear from teachers who instruct the piece. Hopefully the collection will continue to grow.

List of Stories

There are currently 45 stories, ordered most recent first.

• Für Elise has greatly contributed to my music experience by Jon
• My love for the piece never dies by Sam
• I had bigger mountains to climb first by Soum
• Für Elise on the gym hall floor by Evelyn
• My Für Elise Challenge by Robin
• Perseverance and Für Elise by Martin Crook
• Remembering when my sister practiced Für Elise by Niada
• I taught myself to play Für Elise by Karl Dabalos
• I learned to strive and to be independent by Liza Mariz
• It is no mere bagatelle by Andrew
• Fur Elise has given me a new perspective on life by Vicky
• A piece that just comes to you by Anonymous Author
• Bits and pieces come together at last by Mahesh
• Falling Leaves in the Autumn by Anonymous Author
• The Tattoo of Für Elise by Sonia
• Making the connection from another work by Frank
• Mrs. Randby couldn't be swayed... by Eileen Gross
• The Teacher That Made Me Remember by Maria Perez
• Memories from childhood by Shirley
• Für Elise and the alarm clock by PJ
• Unknown music on the answering machine by Brian
• For Elise ingrained in a family's history by CN
• Enchanting music for the listener by Luis
• Beautiful Enough to Make You Cry by Anonymous Author
• 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
• The power outage that created new inspiration by Kathy Marshall
• Für Elise used in an old tape recorder commercial by Jone Coventry
• Für Elise in an episode of The Simpons by Tom
• Great melody regardless of sound quality by Carine Appleby
• 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