Few piano students have not tried this piece, which is undoubtedly one of the most popular classical piano pieces today. Questions remain regarding the details of the musical text and its famous nickname: Is “Elise” correctly inscribed in the dedication of the autograph? Or should it be “Therese”?

Who did Beethoven really mean? The latest discoveries regarding these questions are documented in the Henle Urtext edition. The revised musical text is published in anticipation of the highly anticipated volume “Piano Pieces” in the Encyclopedic Edition, which has been prepared by Beethoven expert Joanna Cobb Biermann.