Für Elise, For Elise Ludwig van Beethoven
Für Elise (For Elise) is the popular name of one of Ludwig van Beethoven s (17701827) most popular compositions. the Bagatelle in A minor (WoO 59 and Bia 515) for solo piano, marked poco moto, dated 27 April 1810. The original autographed manuscript has been lost and the piece itself was not published until 1865. It is not certain who Elise was. Some scholars have suggested she was Beethoven s fifth mistress, while others have suggested that the discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, may have transcr
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