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Fur Elise

on: April 20, 2003, 03:40:43 AM

who was elise?

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #1 on: April 20, 2003, 04:48:26 AM

Its not elise, but they spelt it wrong when it was published. She was Beethoven's pupil

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #2 on: April 20, 2003, 06:13:04 AM

It is believed her actual name was Therese, but an incompetent editor misprinted the name on the score!

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #3 on: April 20, 2003, 08:01:57 AM

EXACTLY!

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #4 on: April 25, 2003, 08:59:43 AM

so Fur means for???...........just checking
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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #5 on: May 09, 2003, 12:57:55 AM

This thread contains new information for me, but publishers of Beethoven weren't incompetent readers, he was an incompetent writer! His handwriting was awful.

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Reply #6 on: May 09, 2003, 02:30:14 AM

Hi Chopistze!

I saw a draft Beethoven made of the ending of his 9th Symphony and it was unreadable! Just lots of squiggles, dots, and lines.

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yeah, i saw beethoven's manuscripts too. some scribbles, and blots, barely readable and very dirty.

just like chopin's. scratches here, scratches there, scratches everywhere, same with dots and ink blots... lines of all sorts, sribbles in circular motion covered a whole measure...

proves it, the dirtier the work, the better!

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #8 on: May 10, 2003, 11:14:55 PM

Hehe! Which leads me to another question - could anybody actually read Beethoven's or Chopin's manuscripts besides themselves? Could the editors decipher them, or did they have to be rewritten into neater forms?

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #9 on: May 11, 2003, 05:04:32 AM

it was a little legible, though, but i'm sure the editors and publishers had a HARD time with them! i've seen berlioz' manuscript, it was neat like mendelssohn's!

bach's probably the neatest of all.

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #10 on: May 12, 2003, 07:54:02 AM

I think that Fur Elise is a very nice song

but it gets annoying how so many people know the 1st phrase of it, but not the rest

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #11 on: May 12, 2003, 09:56:55 AM

why does everybody, musical or not know fur elise? what is it about the piece!!

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Reply #12 on: May 12, 2003, 09:49:04 PM

I guess its just really famous...

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #13 on: May 13, 2003, 12:21:06 PM

natasha......fur means for....in german

didnt u say u learnt german?

german is kool but FRENCH totally rox

but german and french r superkool nyway

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #14 on: May 15, 2003, 03:40:12 AM

Beethoven wrote many pieces for his students, who just happened to mostly be female, seemingly with the intention of..... well, let's just say, I wonder if he got laid by writing pieces for them?

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #15 on: May 17, 2003, 03:43:39 AM

Has anyone seen the movie "Immortal Beloved"? In the movie it showed that Bethoven composed the song for his son (I believe his name was Karl). Oh well, that's Hollywood for you.

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #16 on: May 29, 2003, 01:47:39 AM

actually lea SPANISH IS TOPS!

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Re: Fur Elise

Reply #17 on: July 02, 2003, 07:30:47 AM

Hey chopinetta, how about Mozart's manuscripts. I heard they were without flaw.

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