Already nearly completely deaf in 1802, Beethoven contemplated suicide but fought against that possibility to fulfill his destiny creating art.

What we do know about the piece is that Beethoven wrote it shortly after he was going through one of his darkest periods during his growing battle with deafness. 25 in A minor.” Historians and scholars continue to offer several different suggestions as to who this figure may have been, but the definitive Elise is still a mystery. Perhaps a more suitable, although less personal, title would be “Bagatelle No. The name “Für Elise” comes from the dedication-but the identify of the “Elise” is unknown. The genesis of the piece is not the only mystery about this piece, though. Only more recently have scholars attempted to reconstruct the piece based on Beethoven’s 1822 revision. (For those who may be interested in seeing both versions, the Barenreiter piano edition has both in very clear, easy-to-read formats.) In fact, the original autograph was only first discovered 40 years after the composer’s death. In fact, it appears he heavily revised the piece for an expected collection of Bagatelles around 1822. Fur Elise: A Mysteryīeethoven most likely composed Fur Elise at the beginning of the nineteenth century (somewhere between 18). However, much mystery surrounds the piece. It is also one of the most well-known piano pieces ever written. “Für Elise” is not only one of Beethoven’s most famous pieces.

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