Alice's foreign name
Classified piano sketch
Beethoven
Release date: 1867
Introduction to music
To Alice (für Elise) is one of Beethoven's piano sketches. Beethoven was a great composer, who combined the achievements of western classicism and created a romantic music school. People are familiar with his symphonies, concertos, chamber music, operas and other large-scale works, but his few instrumental works have also left a deep impression on people. The piano essay "Dedicated to Alice" is one of the more famous ones. But the score was found in 1867, so Beethoven was not published before his death.
There are different opinions about the background of this piece of music. Among them, it is widely accepted that this piece of music may have been composed by the author at the age of 40 (18 10) for his student, a soprano named Elizabeth Locke. Elizabeth Locke is a German soprano and the sister of tenor Joseph Augustus Te Loeke. 1807, 14-year-old Elizabeth came to Vienna with her brother and was quickly accepted by Beethoven and became one of his few friends. Elizabeth later married Beethoven's friend. When Beethoven composed this piece of music, the two men maintained a close friendship. Obviously, this piece of music is dedicated to her. During that time, there was no other woman named Alice or Elizabeth in Beethoven's life. Alice is a nickname for Elizabeth. To be sure, Beethoven likes her very much. The other two statements are as follows:
-1808-1810 years, Beethoven was nearly forty years old. He taught a female student named Teresa marfa and took a fancy to her. In a very sweet and comfortable mood, he wrote a little song to Teresa for her. 1867 When the score of this piece was announced in Stuttgart, the organizer misspelled the title of the piece as "Dedicated to Alice". Since then, people have forgotten Totteresa's original name and called it Alice.
When Beethoven was 42 years old, he went to a wealthy businessman's house to teach piano. Beethoven likes his daughter Alice very much. This piano piece was composed by Beethoven at that time.
This song is simple in image and technique, which is obviously for beginners' performance level (now it is a piano five-level track). After publication, it spread like wildfire and almost became one of the must-play tracks for beginners. The music is written in the form of Rondo, and there are two contrasting interludes around the basic theme. At the beginning, the theme was simple and kind, depicting a gentle, beautiful, simple and lively girl image. This theme is repeated three times, with two contrasting inserts in the middle. The first insertion part is based on the new tonality, with clear timbre and pleasant mood; The second insert is set off by the left hand fixed bass, with dim color and strong rhythm, and the music looks serious and firm. A series of rising triplets, followed by a smooth and lively semitone falling sound, naturally leads to the third reappearance of the theme. The music ended in a cheerful atmosphere.
Brief introduction of the author
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (1770— 1827) is a famous German composer, pianist and conductor, and one of the representatives of the Viennese classical music school. He composed 9 numbered symphonies and 35 piano sonatas, including the last 32 numbered, 65,438+00 violin sonatas, 65,438+06 string quartets, 65,438+0 operas, 2 mass, 65,438+0 oratorios and 3 oratorios. There are also a lot of chamber music, art songs and dance music. These works have had a far-reaching impact on the development of music, so he is honored as "Le Sheng".
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn and his ancestral home is Flanders. Learn music from my father since childhood. He showed his musical talent very early and began to perform at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen, the Bonn court sponsored him to study philosophy in Vienna, and it was at this time that he had a brief contact with Mozart. 1792 went to Vienna, the city of music, for further study under Haydn's guidance, and made rapid progress in art. He created a large number of outstanding works full of the flavor of the times, such as the symphony "The Fate of Heroes", the pastoral symphony "Chorus Overture" Egmont, the piano music "Pathetique", "Moonlight Music", "The Storm" and "Enthusiasm" He combined the achievements of classical music and opened up the road of romantic music, which played an important role in the development of world music. He is a creative composer. The greatest musician, composer, pianist and conductor in Germany. One of the representatives of Vienna classical music school, he was called "the three outstanding men of Vienna" by later generations together with Haydn and Mozart. He, Michelangelo and lev tolstoy have experienced all kinds of hardships in their lives. French writer romain rolland wrote Who's Who based on their lives. When Beethoven 19 years old, the French Revolution brought Beethoven the hope of freedom, equality and love.
During the four years from 1796 to 1800, Beethoven's ears rang day and night, which was a sign of deafness. Beethoven's hearing began to weaken at the age of 26, that is, 1820, and he was deaf in middle age. His music works include Moonlight Sonata and Symphony No.5 in C minor.
All his nine symphonies were premiered in Vienna. 1805, his only opera Federio also premiered in vienna state opera. Beethoven is regarded by later generations as the greatest symphony writer of all time. His heroic symphony is full of passion. His ninth symphony is based on German poet Schiller's Ode to Joy, and now it has become the national anthem of the European Union.
Beethoven had a rough life. At the age of twenty-six, his hearing is gradually declining. At the age of forty-five, I was completely deaf and could only talk to people through a speech book. However, his lonely life did not make him silent and retreat. In the feudal restoration era when all progressive ideas were blocked, he still adhered to the political belief of "freedom, equality and fraternity". Through his speeches and works, he shouted for * * * and ideals, reflecting the revolutionary enthusiasm of the bourgeoisie against feudalism and democracy at that time, and wrote the immortal Ninth Symphony, which was influenced by the Enlightenment in the18th century and the German hurricane movement. His works were distinctive in personality and made great progress compared with his predecessors.
In music performance, he involved almost all music genres at that time, which greatly improved the expressive force of the piano, made it obtain the dramatic effect of symphony, and made symphony an important music form that directly reflected social changes. His major works include Symphony Nine, Symphony Hero Third, Symphony Destiny Fifth, Symphony Pastoral Sixth, Symphony Chorus Ninth and the most famous opera Federio.