Moonlight Sonata
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Seated at a white upright piano, she played the opening track Piano & I, which riffs on Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, while reflecting on her career to date.
From BBC • May 24, 2021
I much preferred the French couples performance to the Moonlight Sonata.
From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018
Moonlight Sonata The Pasadena Symphony and Pops’ annual gala features live music, dancing and more.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2017
When Beethoven composed the Moonlight Sonata in the summer of 1801 in Hungary, he did it for his young student, whom he loved, 17-year-old Countess Giulietta Gucciardion.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2017
It crackles, and a stormy arpeggio from the final movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata bursts forth.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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