Moonlight Sonata is my first step into the world of Classical Music. I remember when I first heard it on the TV on a program about Beethoven, I immediately searched the repeat of that program so that I can record the music. And when I finally purchased the CD, I had listened it through the whole night. It is so soothing, so thought-provoking.
Moonlight Sonata, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, was first published in 1802. It was dedicated to Beethoven’s pupil and passion, 17 years old Countess Giulietta Gucciardi. The Sonata is one of the most popular piano sonatas from Beethoven’s creation. It is one of the most widely known classical music pieces, and has been since it was composed some 200 years ago.
Why it is called 'Moonlight' sonata ? Originally the name of it was "The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor". In 1832, a German poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab named it as moonlight sonata as being inspired on a moon lit night on the banks of the Lucerna Lake. Ludwig compared the sonata to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne. According to some biographers, the moon image has no connection with Beethoven’s intentions. He rather attributes this atmosphere to the feeling that overwhelmed the composer when he took watch at the side of a friend who prematurely left the world of the living. In one of Beethoven’s manuscripts there are several notes from Mozart’s Don Juan, notes that follow the killing of the Commander by Don Juan, and lower, this passage is rendered in C sharp minor in absolute resemblance to the first part of the sonata in C sharp minor. Analyzing and comparing, one could realize that it cannot be the case of a romantic moon lit night, but rather of a solemn funeral hymn.
Moonlight Sonata is one of the most well known piano sonatas of all time. It, more than ever, will remain one of the most popular pieces of piano music in history.
Know more about it here.
Moonlight Sonata, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, was first published in 1802. It was dedicated to Beethoven’s pupil and passion, 17 years old Countess Giulietta Gucciardi. The Sonata is one of the most popular piano sonatas from Beethoven’s creation. It is one of the most widely known classical music pieces, and has been since it was composed some 200 years ago.
Why it is called 'Moonlight' sonata ? Originally the name of it was "The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor". In 1832, a German poet & critic Ludwig Rellstab named it as moonlight sonata as being inspired on a moon lit night on the banks of the Lucerna Lake. Ludwig compared the sonata to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne. According to some biographers, the moon image has no connection with Beethoven’s intentions. He rather attributes this atmosphere to the feeling that overwhelmed the composer when he took watch at the side of a friend who prematurely left the world of the living. In one of Beethoven’s manuscripts there are several notes from Mozart’s Don Juan, notes that follow the killing of the Commander by Don Juan, and lower, this passage is rendered in C sharp minor in absolute resemblance to the first part of the sonata in C sharp minor. Analyzing and comparing, one could realize that it cannot be the case of a romantic moon lit night, but rather of a solemn funeral hymn.
The sonata has three movements:
- Adagio sostenuto
- Allegretto
- Presto agitato
Moonlight Sonata is one of the most well known piano sonatas of all time. It, more than ever, will remain one of the most popular pieces of piano music in history.
Know more about it here.
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