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Elise

Für Elise

"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. [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Ludwig+van+Beethoven/_/F%C3%BCr+Elise). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Für Elise (Duits voor: Voor Elise) is de gebruikelijke naam voor de Bagatelle nr. 25 in a-klein, WoO 59, een beroemd solomuziekstuk voor piano door Ludwig van Beethoven, geschreven circa 1810. == Geschiedenis == Het is niet zeker wie "Elise" was. De populairste theorie is dat Beethoven zijn werk oorspronkelijk "Für Therese" getiteld had. Het was de publicist Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), die in 1865 Beethovens autograaf van het tot dan toe volkomen onbekende pianostuk in a-klein vond in de nalatenschap van de familie Gleichenstein. Een voorvader van deze familie, Ignaz von Gleichenstein (1778-1828), was in de jaren 1807-1810 bevriend geweest met Beethoven. Ignaz was kind aan huis bij de welgestelde familie Malfatti. Therese Malfatti (1792-1851) stond op dat moment in het middelpunt van Beethovens aandacht. Van Ludwig Nohl is bewezen dat hij buitengewoon slecht Beethovens handschrift kon ontcijferen. Het is mogelijk dat op het autograaf niet "Für Elise", maar "Für Therese" heeft gestaan.

"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. [Read more on Last.fm](http://www.last.fm/music/Ludwig+van+Beethoven/_/F%C3%BCr+Elise).

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