The music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods was transitioning toward more full-bodied compositions with complex instrumentation. ... As 1782 turned to 1783, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart became enthralled with the work of Johannes Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel and this, in turn, resulted in several compositions in the Baroque style and influenced much of his later compositions, such as passages in Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) and the finale of Symphony Number 41. ...

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The time this style of music was written, was due to the boom of fortepiano production that could be seen during the late 1800's, making the piano a platform for music more accessible. Due to this increase, the style of bagatelle was common among newly written songs for the piano, Für Elise being one of them.Not much is known about the background of the song due to the only thing left behind was the transcribed notes, with no obvious background information other than that the song title heavily implied that it was written for Elise, whose identity has not been confirmed, but has been gue...

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