Pieces / Beethoven
Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor · WoO 59
Für Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1810 · Poco moto · 35 keys · EasyAbout the piece
Beethoven wrote this short bagatelle in 1810, but it was only published in 1867, forty years after his death. Nobody knows for sure who “Elise” was. The manuscript is lost, and some scholars think the title was a misreading of “Therese”.
The opening you play here is the part everyone knows: two notes rocking back and forth, then a falling line that lands on A.
- Key
- A minor
- Time
- 3/8
- Keys
- 35
- Licence
- Public domain
Für Elise letters
The whole passage, as letters to type. P is a black key; a dash holds the note a little longer.
; P ; P ; J L K H - A D H J - D Y J K - D ; P ; P ; J L K H - A D H J - D K J H -