Beethoven, Ludwig van: Für Elise (Bagatelle) WoO 59

Edited by O. Thumer

Bagatelle in A Minor. Beethoven’s autographed manuscript reads: “Fur Therese am 27 zur Erinnerung and L v Bthvn” (“For Therese on the 27th April in remembrance of L. V Bthvn.”), the Therese being Therese Malfatti (1792–1851), with whom Beethoven was in love.