Who was Beethoven's 'Für Elise'?

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Who was this Elise Beethoven wrote one of his most famous pieces about?

Here are 33 possibilites for whom this piece could have been intended for.

The most likely anwser is Elisabeth Röckel, a 17-year-old German soprano singer at the time who later got engaged and married to Beethoven's friend Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

Another widely believed anwser is that the piece was dedicated to Therese Malfatti, 18-year-old at the time to whom Beethoven supposedly proposed in the same year. But she turned him down and married Wilhelm von Droßdik, an Austrian nobleman and state official, six years later.

Title: Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59, Bia 515)

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Author: Sebion7125
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Author: Constance Mayer
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Title: Weimar, Schlossmuseum, Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Porträt Lady Louisa Hervey.JPG
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Title: Für Elise
Authors: Various
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Composer(s): Ludwig van Beethoven

Original Music © Ludwig van Beethoven (1810)
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No matter who she was, through this piece she will be remembered forever!



Answer: The piece was most likely dedicated to Elisabeth Röckel (0:05), but it was also long believed to be dedicated to Therese Malfatti (2:55).

PianoMusicBros
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One of Life's biggest mysteries....

capt.artemislivius
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Maybe its for elise = alice = arisu. Sensej must be proud

Nataame_
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One of the saddest things I ponder is when a Musician doesn’t find his Eurydice…

LordWyatt
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I didn't comprehend anything except for the piece.

fazliddinerkaboyev
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Hi this coming Friday I am going swimming! At my summer camp!

Vivianchen
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guys this song zas actually for therese malfatti

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