Moonlight Sonata
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Moments later, as he keeled over while Charlotte's daughter sails through the presto agitato section of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," I resented being proven correct.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2021
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
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements Irene Taylor Brodsky’s 2019 documentary — a sequel to her 2007 film “Hear and Now” — is a deeply personal exploration of deafness from three perspectives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2019
I much preferred the French couples performance to the Moonlight Sonata.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
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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