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Für Elise

composition for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Für Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven, Mutopia Project · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Für Elise is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,438 views/month, #170 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven[3]
  • Genre: piano piece in one movement[4]
  • Commons category: Für Elise[5]
  • Language of work or name: no linguistic content[6]
  • Catalog code: WoO 59[7]
  • Inception: April 27, 1810[8]
  • Publication date: 1867[9]
  • Tonality: A minor[10]
  • Instrumentation: piano[11]
  • Title: Für Elise[12]
  • Different from: Für Elise[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • Form of creative work: bagatelle[15]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • MusicBrainz ID: aced4197-c0f2-3964-b0b3-d71288bf5b20[16]

Why It Matters

Für Elise has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Ludwig van Beethoven public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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