Her hands were soft as if without bones, smooth and elastic.
Lin Xian wanted to savor them more, but unfortunately, their touch was brief.
So, Miss Therese, are you here at this party to find your Beethoven?
Lin Xian said this because the name Therese has a legendary story.
To know, after Beethoven passed away, there was no "To Alice" listed in his works.
"To Alice" actually has several versions.
The most recognized version tells that the nearly 40-year-old Beethoven
taught a female student named Therese Marfati, and developed feelings for her. Once in a
very happy mood, Beethoven wrote a little piece in A minor Bagatelle as a gift for
her, with "Dedicated to Therese" inscribed on the sheet music.
Until the 1960s, when a musician wrote a biography for Beethoven, he discovered the manuscript
of this piece among Therese Marfati's belongings.
And the biographer musician, while transcribing this piece, mistakenly wrote Therese as Alice
