Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Lumineux (2016/3/18)

Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
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Misc. Notes Recorded 2015 in St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University (Peter Hill, sound engineer)
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Performer Pages Luis Kolodin (piano)
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Performer Pages Paul Henry Smith (piano)
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Lucas-coelho (2021/6/6)

Performer Pages Fritz Jank (piano)
Publisher Info. Recorded at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, February 22, 1962.
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Misc. Notes The recording begins at measure 13(b).
Source: Instituto Piano Brasileiro
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Reccmo (2012/5/15)

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Sriram (2017/5/19)

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Misc. Notes Recorded 2017 (Using Digital Piano/Computer/Digital Recorder)
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Michrond (2012/5/1)

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Leentuk (2018/12/31)

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Misc. Notes Fur Elise - A Conversation for Two Trumpets
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Carolus (2011/6/1)

Editor Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Neue Briefe Beethovens (pp.28-33)
Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, 1867.
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Misc. Notes This score was printed with movable type. According to an existing autograph, it seems the second note in the right hand in bar 7 should be a d¹ instead of the e¹. Most of the other editions after Nohl erroneously show an e as well. Compare this article and the Henle Urtext: https://www.henle.de/blog/en/2011/11/30/beethoven-fur-elise-woo-59-%E2%80%93-do-you-strike-the-right-note/
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Piupianissimo (2010/1/2)

Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 25, Nr.298 (pp.354-56)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1888]. Plate B.298.
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Feduol (2022/7/19)

Publisher. Info. Kraków: S. A. Krzyżanowski, n.d.(ca.1890). Plate S.A.K. 288.
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Ermak (2016/5/2)

Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d. Plate 6051.
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Morel (2019/12/5)

Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.32
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1905.
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Mapitz (2020/3/27)

Publisher. Info. London: Litolff, 1915. Plate 12676.
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Kdkeller (2007/5/13)

Editor Albert Ernest Wier (1879-1945)
Publisher. Info. Masterpieces of Piano Music (pp.48-50)
New York: Albert E. Wier, n.d. Plate 1918.
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Pfsunmin (2022/10/6)

Editor Otto von Irmer (1903-1992)
Walther Lampe (1872-1964), Fingerings
Publisher. Info. München: G. Henle Verlag, 1950. Plate H.N. 128.
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Publisher. Info. Kiev: Muzychna Ukraina, 1975.
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Yair I (2011/6/1)

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Reccmo (2012/5/15)

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Editor Robert Lavigne
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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Michrond (2012/5/1)

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Michrond (2012/5/1)

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Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2013.
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Arranger Christian Hellemann (1880-1954)
Publisher. Info. Sydney: W.H Paling & Co., 1949.
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Misc. Notes Published as Mutopia-2015/11/02-2059. See also: Beethoven Guitar Duets
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Feduol (2023/12/18)

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Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2018.
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General Information

Work Title Für Elise
Alternative. Title Bagatelle No.25 in A minor ; Für Therese
Name Translations La Lettre à Élise; فور اليسيه; Per a Elisa; Para Elisa; לאליזה; Per Elisa; エリーゼのために; ელიზესთვის; 엘리제를 위하여; За Елиза; Dla Elizy; ایلس لئی; К Элизе; За Елизу; เฟือร์เอลีเซอ; До Елізи; 致愛麗絲; Til Elise; Pro Elišku; من أجل إليزة; برای الیزه; ഫർ എലൈസ്; Pre Elišku; Fur Elise; Por Elise; 致爱丽丝; Էլիզեին; Elizai; بۆ ئیلیزە; Dlo Elizy
Name Aliases Bagatelle No. 25; Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"; Για την Ελίζα; Μπαγκατέλα αρ. 25 σε Λα ελάσσονα, WoO 59; Για τη Λίζα; Για την Ελίζ; Bagatela No. 25; Lettre à Elise; من أجل إليزا; من أجل إليزأ; A小调巴加泰勒; 献给爱丽丝; 致特蕾莎; I Elise
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186663871; LCCN: n81133634; BNF: 147860559
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WoO 59
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 73
Key A minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1810 (April 27)
First Publication. 1867 - in Neue Briefe Beethovens (ed. Ludwig Nohl, pp.28-33)
Dedication Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach zu Dezza (supposed)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation piano
External Links Wikipedia article
Für Elise website
Extra Information What Ludwig Nohl claims to be the basis of his first publication of the work has never been found. All we have of the piece are (1) two lines of sketches from 1808 and (2) sketches from 1810 with pencil revisions from 1822, probably, for inclusion into the set of 11 Bagatelles, Op.119. The work as we know it today is entirely based on Ludwig Nohl's first edition, which in turn is very similar to the 1810 version of the work. The manuscript upon which Nohl based his edition is inscribed "Für Elise am 27 April zur Erinnerung von L.v.Bthvn" (for which scholarship has generally agreed that 1810 is the year) and apparently given to him by a certain Babeth Bredl from the possessions of Therese von Malfatti.