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The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. [b] Although known throughout the world as the Moonlight Sonata ( German: Mondscheinsonate ), it was not Beethoven who so ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven's manuscript sketch for Piano Sonata...
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Miniature from Beethoven's belongings, possibly Julie...
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According to the Oxford Dictionary of Music, in the 16th...
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Apr 5, 2024 · Excerpt from the first movement, “Adagio sostenuto,” of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor: Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight); from a 1954 recording by pianist Yves Nat. (more) Moonlight Sonata, solo piano work by Ludwig van Beethoven, admired particularly for its mysterious, gently arpeggiated, and seemingly ...
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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata has made an appearance in a variety of non-classical pieces over the years. Here is just a sampling of the times the Moonlight Sonata has been sampled in pop music: The Beatles, "Because" (1969)—features a backwards version of the Moonlight Sonata. Alicia Keys, "The Piano and I" (2001)
Church Sonata No. 1 in E-flat, K. 41h (1772) Church Sonata No. 2 in B-flat, K. 68 (1772) Church Sonata No. 3 in D, K. 69 (1772) Church Sonata No. 4 in D, K. 144 (1774) Church Sonata No. 5 in F, K. 145 (1774) Church Sonata No. 6 in B-flat, K. 212 (1775) Church Sonata No. 7 in F, K. 241a (1776) Church Sonata No. 8 in A, K. 241b (1776) Church ...
Sonata ( / səˈnɑːtə /; Italian: [soˈnaːta], pl. sonate; from Latin and Italian: sonare [archaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by suonare ], "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. [1] : 17 The term evolved through the history of music ...
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Jan 29, 2012 · The title Moonlight Sonata actually didn’t come about until several years after Beethoven’s death. In 1836, German music critic, Ludwig Rellstab wrote that the sonata reminded him of the reflected moonlight off Lake Lucerne. Since then, Moonlight Sonata has remained the “official” unofficial title of the sonata.
Apr 25, 2017 · The actual title for Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven is “Piano Sonata no. 14 in C# minor, op. 27 no. 2”. It was written in 1801, and aside from being popular over 200 years later, it was pretty well-loved in Beethoven’s day as well. It wasn’t always called “Moonlight Sonata” – on the first edition, Beethoven gave the piece an ...
