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Uploaded by on Dec 27, 2010

Für Elise by Ludwig Van Beethoven played on glass harp by Robert Tiso
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The score was not published until 1867, 40 years after the composer's death. The discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, affirmed that the original autographed manuscript was dated 27 April. This manuscript has been lost.

It is not certain who "Elise" was. Max Unger suggested that Ludwig Nohl may have transcribed the title incorrectly and the original work may have been named "Für Therese", a reference to Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach zu Dezza (1792--1851). She was a friend and student of Beethoven's to whom he proposed in 1810, though she turned him down to marry the Austrian nobleman and state official Wilhelm von Droßdik in 1816. According to a recent study by Klaus Martin Kopitz, there is flimsy evidence that the piece was written for the German soprano singer Elisabeth Röckel (1793--1883), later the wife of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. "Elise", as she was called by a parish priest (she always called herself "Betty"), had been a friend of Beethoven's since 1808. In the meantime it has been proven that Rudolf Schachner, who in 1851 inherited Therese von Droßdik's musical scores, was a relative of Babette Bredl who in 1865 let Nohl copy the autograph in her possession. Thus Kopitz's hypothesis is definitely refuted.

The pianist and musicologist Luca Chiantore argued in his doctoral thesis and his recent book "Beethoven al piano" that Beethoven might not have been the person who gave the piece the form that we know today. Chiantore suggested that the original signed manuscript, upon which Ludwig Nohl claimed to base his transcription, may never have existed. On the other hand, the musicologist Barry Cooper stated, in a 1984 essay in the Musical Times, that one of two surviving sketches closely resembles the published version. It has also been suggested that Elise simply refers to a term at this point in history which simply meant 'sweetheart', therefore suggesting this piece was written for Elise (Theresa Malfatti)

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  • @momentomori93 FUCK YEAH.

  • the staccato notes are not really clear that they are played shorter but GREAT JOB :)

  • @JsThmYL88 They're probably just cristal glasses.

  • what are the glasses made of ?

  • @ekoturnip

    The pressure will still need to be very low in order for the water to evaporate significantly.. haha

  • amazing!

    

  • @coatermarioguy

    i dont hate beethoven. my ears arent bad though, unlike everyone else who thinks this piece is good. the actual song is much more tranquil, and beautiful sounding than this.

  • you are so good at playing this song

  • @d2girls You know, you don't have to say that just because you hate Beethoven. To me, it's actually quite nice sounding.

  • this rendition of beethoven gives me a fucking headache. its way too loud and obnoxious sounding. terrible.

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