Etha Williams ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Just a little question about Fur Elise, that annoying little piece we are
>probably all sick of hearing from every beginning pianist who walked the
>face of this earth: Does anyone know who this "Elise" was?

I don't believe anyone does know.  It has been suggested that it was
actually 'fur' somebody else and the name somehow got confused.  Ah!
Therese, that was it.

Deryk Barker
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