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The score was not published until 1867, forty years after the composer's death in 1827. The discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, affirmed that the original autograph manuscript, now lost, had the title: "Für Elise am 27 April [1810] zur Erinnerung von L. v. Bthvn" ("For Elise on April 27 in memory by L. v. Bthvn"). [4]
Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
The Well-Tuned Piano: La Monte Young: 5-6 hours Premiered and recorded by the composer. [14] The History of Photography in Sound: Michael Finnissy: 5½ hours 365 (edition) [15] [16] A3 Premiered and recorded by Ian Pace. [15] [17] Performed by Mark Knoop. [18] Piano Symphony No. 6 (Symphonia claviensis) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4¾ hours
"Für Elise" (German: "For Elise") is the popular name of the "Bagatelle in A minor", WoO 59, a work for solo piano written by Ludwig van Beethoven in about 1810. The work is widely familiar and has been frequently adapted for use in works of popular culture. This article is a listing of such uses.
Carl Czerny wrote Variations on "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" for piano and orchestra or piano and string quartet, his Op. 73 (1824). [ 10 ] Gioachino Rossini used the tune in the banquet scene of his 1825 opera Il viaggio a Reims for the German Baron Trombonok.
Cage first prepared a piano when he was commissioned to write music for Bacchanale, a dance by Syvilla Fort (its date is variously given as 1938 or 1940). For some time previously, Cage had been writing exclusively for a percussion ensemble, but the hall where Fort’s dance was to be staged had no room for a percussion group. The only ...
Elise, the unidentified person to whom Beethoven dedicated Für Elise; Elise, a 1979 speculative fiction novel by Ken Grimwood; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or the Real Life), a 1967 novel by the French writer Claire Etcherelli; Élise ou la vraie vie (Elise, or Real Life), a 1970 French drama film based on the novel of the same name