"Für Elise" (German for "For Elise") is the popular name of the bagatelle i… Read Full Bio ↴"Für Elise" (German for "For Elise") is the popular name of the bagatelle in A minor WoO 59, marked poco moto, a piece of music for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), dated 27 April 1810.
Beethoven scholars are not entirely certain who "Elise" was. The most reasonable theory is that Beethoven originally titled his work "Für Therese", Therese being Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach zu Dezza (1792-1851), whom Beethoven intended to marry in 1810 and was also one of his students. However, she declined Beethoven's proposal. In 1816 Therese, who was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Malfatti von Rohrenbach (1769-1829), married the Austrian nobleman and state official Wilhelm von Droßdik (1771-1859) When the work was published in 1865, the discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, mistranscribed the illegible title as "Für Elise". The autograph is lost.[2] Another theory is that 'Elise' was used to describe a sweetheart during Beethoven's time. If this is true, then the piece is dedicated to sweethearts in general, with no specific person in mind. However this theory is unlikely because it doesn't fit well with Beethoven's composing and dedication history.
"The music" :
The piece begins in 3/8 with a right-hand theme accompanied by arpeggios in the left hand; the harmonies used are A minor and E major. Homophony is used here. The next section maintains the same texture, but broadens the chord progression to include C major and G major. A lighter section follows, written in the key of F major, then a few bars in C major. The first section returns without alteration; next, the piece moves into an agitated theme set over a Pedal point on A. After a gauntlet of arpeggios and a chromatic scale, the main theme returns, and the piece quietly ends in its starting key of A minor, dying away, with an Authentic Cadence. This piece may be a Bagatelle, but is actually in Rondo form. It starts with the main theme, a developement, returns to the main theme, has a second devolopement, and then returns to the main theme again. This is written as A B A C A, although, in other pieces there may be, in total, three or four developments.
Beethoven scholars are not entirely certain who "Elise" was. The most reasonable theory is that Beethoven originally titled his work "Für Therese", Therese being Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach zu Dezza (1792-1851), whom Beethoven intended to marry in 1810 and was also one of his students. However, she declined Beethoven's proposal. In 1816 Therese, who was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Malfatti von Rohrenbach (1769-1829), married the Austrian nobleman and state official Wilhelm von Droßdik (1771-1859) When the work was published in 1865, the discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, mistranscribed the illegible title as "Für Elise". The autograph is lost.[2] Another theory is that 'Elise' was used to describe a sweetheart during Beethoven's time. If this is true, then the piece is dedicated to sweethearts in general, with no specific person in mind. However this theory is unlikely because it doesn't fit well with Beethoven's composing and dedication history.
"The music" :
The piece begins in 3/8 with a right-hand theme accompanied by arpeggios in the left hand; the harmonies used are A minor and E major. Homophony is used here. The next section maintains the same texture, but broadens the chord progression to include C major and G major. A lighter section follows, written in the key of F major, then a few bars in C major. The first section returns without alteration; next, the piece moves into an agitated theme set over a Pedal point on A. After a gauntlet of arpeggios and a chromatic scale, the main theme returns, and the piece quietly ends in its starting key of A minor, dying away, with an Authentic Cadence. This piece may be a Bagatelle, but is actually in Rondo form. It starts with the main theme, a developement, returns to the main theme, has a second devolopement, and then returns to the main theme again. This is written as A B A C A, although, in other pieces there may be, in total, three or four developments.
Für Elise
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@YavuzTheIntern
I remember when this song first came out. It was a banger and everyone loved it. Those were the days...
@hentai6582
Mozarts been real quiet since it dropped
@YavuzTheIntern
@@hentai6582 Yea he thinks we are playing hide and seek all the time even tho Beethoven was the deaf one
@KlausBarbi-qe6ix
Are you a VAMPIRE or a knights Templar member
@YavuzTheIntern
@@KlausBarbi-qe6ix Yeah man good coincedence btw I am in transylvania rn and I just visited draculas castle yesterday lmao
@KlausBarbi-qe6ix
@@YavuzTheIntern cool wish I had gone there with great castle
@dustybudzz9762
The fact that he was able to create this masterpiece (arguably the greatest piano composition ever made) 2 years before going completely deaf is absolutely amazing!
@HootYaeger
And it was almost lost until it was discovered 40 years after his death
@air2406.
Fur Elise, a masterpiece! Beethoven's inner pain is felt in this composition. What he couldn't express in words, was so clearly expressed and transmitted through his music. The master of masters of classical music.
@victorito07
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