|
Here’s an excellent ukulele tab of the Beethoven classic arranged by Phil DeWalt. Be
sure and listen to Phil’s MP3 (see links below).
Additional information on Für Elise from Wikipedia:
"Für Elise" (German: "For Elise")
is the popular name of the "Bagatelle in A minor", a famous piece of music for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, written in about 1810.
Beethoven scholars and critics are
not entirely certain who "Elise" was. The most reasonable theory is that Beethoven originally titled his work "Für Therese", Therese being Therese Malfatti von Rohrenbach
zu Dezza (1792-1851), whom Beethoven intended to marry in 1810. She was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Malfatti von Rohrenbach (1769-1829). When the work was published in 1865,
the discoverer of the piece Ludwig Nohl mistranscribed the title as "Für Elise". The autograph is lost.
We can only speculate upon whether it was Beethoven's intention to
write the piece in the letters of the name of his beloved. The famous melody starts with the tones E - D# - E, or enharmonically E - Eb - E, which in German languages equivalents E - Es - E,
the "tuneable" letters in the name ThErESE or EliSE.
The tune is well known and commonly requested of pianists performing in informal settings.
In some parts of
Taiwan, Iran and most probably in other countries, the tune is played by garbage trucks to notify people to bring their trash out to be picked up. In Brazil and Turkey the tune is played on
trucks that sell gas cylinders to notify people that the truck is nearby.
Nas sampled Für Elise on his 2002 inspirational rap song "I Can." Für Elise was also used as a sample in the song "Same Script, Different Cast" by Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox which appeared on Whitney's Greatest Hits album.
|