Almost everyone had heard of Ludwig Van Beethoven, but only a few knew about his life and how he lived and under what conditions. To be specific inorder to design the book cover I had to choose 1 playlist he was mostly famous for and analyze it to bring out the concept and abstractions. The piece is called FUR ELISE, this I am sure everyone heard the tones and melodies carried by these keys played. To understand this song is to know that Beethoven did not finish this piece, and it was published in 1865 after his death in 1827.
"Fur Elise" literally means a thing of little or no value.This is why I choose to show an empty space that is made up of old bricks and broken stones, to value the nothingness. Another theory claims that 'Elise' was used in those times as a general term for "sweetheart". Beethoven was in love with a woman name "Therese Malfatti" around the time he created this work. The great composer is known of his withdrawal to himself from this world because of his hearing loss. Could you imagine such a great composer that was not able to hear his own playlists?
On the front cover, since we never heard Beethoven playing this piece, I showed an empty space, with a long perspective where in the middle we see an abstract of Beethoven playing the piano. While in the same caption, the back cover shows the same place, but the woman standing there hearing the echos of the notes that Beethoven left. I will be using only black, white and red colors to keep the sense of emptiness, love and at the same time the hurt that Beethoven felt during his years.
