For Elise 致爱丽丝
Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven作者:贝多芬
Written for: Some girl probably not named Elise. In fact, as far as most historians can tell, Beethoven didn’t even know an Elise. Instead, the song was originally titled “Bagatelle in A minor” based on some handwritten notation a Beethoven researcher claimed to have seen on a now-lost copy of the sheet music.
致:一些并不叫做爱丽丝的女孩。事实上,据大部分的历史学家所言,贝多芬并不认识一个叫爱丽丝的女孩。相反,根据一份现在已经失传的手写乐谱,一位贝多芬研究学者宣称,这首曲子最初的名字为“巴加泰勒A小调”。
Further complicating things, Beethoven had hideous handwriting—to the point that some scholars speculate the song was actually written “for Therese,” as in Therese Malfatti, one of several women who turned down a marriage proposal from the notoriously lovesick maestro.
更为复杂的是,贝多芬的字体写得极糟,所以一些学者推断,这首曲应该为“致泰蕾兹”,就是泰蕾兹马尔法蒂,几个曾经拒绝过这位众所周知的害相思病的艺术大师的求婚的女人之一。