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Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Beethoven’s most popular sonata, the ‘Moonlight’, has been performed and recorded by hundreds of pianists over the past century. Jed Distler compares a judicious selection of recordings.
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May 27, 2020 · A coming novel tells the story of the piano student who was the dedicatee of one of classical music’s most famous works. When the “Moonlight” Sonata was first published, the dedication page ...
Jan 29, 2012 · 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. ‘Sonata quasi una fantasia’ is the title Beethoven gave his fourteenth sonata. Unlike the formal Sonata form of the ...
Mar 23, 2021 · Mar 23, 2021 • 5 min read. 7280. Want a heads up when a new story comes out? Subscribe here. This post is based on Andras Schiff's lecture on Beethoven's Sonata No.14 in C♯, Op.27/2 "Moonlight". The lectures took place at Wigmore Hall, London UK, from 2004–6.
From the early Op. 2 set of sonatas to the famous 'Moonlight', find out why Beethoven's piano sonatas broke the mould - and hear from pianists themselves about how they approach performing them.
According to Wikipedia: "The name 'Moonlight Sonata' has its origins in remarks by the German music critic and poet Ludwig Rellstab. In 1832, five years after Beethoven's death, Rellstab likened the effect of the first movement to that of moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne." That is, there isn't actually any historical connection between the ...
