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Moonlight Sonata

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  1. A sonata for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. An early commentator remarked that the tranquil first movement reminded him of moonlight on the waves.


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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

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

Classic works like "Für Elise" and "Moonlight Sonata" are broken into tiny listenable snippets that players must rearrange until they're in the right order.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2015

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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