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First, the creative process:
Mainstream version
1808- 18 10 years, Beethoven, who was nearly 40 years old, taught a man named Therese marfa? [3]? (Therese Marfati) (Some translations are Teresa Marfati? [4]? [5]? ) female classmate, and have a good impression on her, once wrote a song "Little things in minor? I am in a very happy mood. [6]? "And inscribed the words" Dedicated to Teresa, 18 10 April 27th "on the music score. ? [7]? Since then, the score has been left in Teresa's place, and Beethoven has not kept his own manuscript. So after his death, there was no such work in his catalogue. It was not until 65438+ 1960 that the German musician Noel wrote a biography of Beethoven, and the manuscript of this piece of music was found in the relics of Teresa marfa. 1867, when Noel published the score of this piece in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart, he misspelled the original name "To Teresa" into "To Alice". Since then, this piano sketch has been widely circulated in the world with the name "To Alice", but its original name "To Teresa" has been forgotten.
Other versions
Beethoven was inspired by a girl named Alice. In order to help a blind old man realize his wish to see the forest and the sea, she asked others for help. Beethoven was very moved by this and specially played a wonderful piece of music for the old people on Christmas Eve. Listening, the music made the old man see: "the snow peaks in the Alps, the sea around Tahiti, seagulls, forests and dazzling sunshine." So the old man closed his eyes with satisfaction, and there was no more loneliness and pity. Later, Beethoven dedicated this piece to the kind girl Alice.
Second, the late evaluation:
People like to call the music dedicated to Alice "insignificant music". However, this insignificance reflects Beethoven's strong creative idea of embodying his personal style and his unique creative thinking. There are other kinds of originality in music, which all show the consistent rigorous spirit in Beethoven's creation. Therefore, although Dedicated to Alice is only a short work with a playing time of more than 3 minutes, it can also be said that it is a concentrated work of Beethoven's music creation, which also permeates his spiritual expression. ?
Dedicated to Alice is only a piano sketch by Beethoven, but the harmony technique used in it still reflects Beethoven's style as a link between the past and the future, truly reflects Beethoven's consistent creative style, and still has an indelible influence on future generations.
Source:
Baidu Encyclopedia: To Alice