Moonlight Sonata

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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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How to use Moonlight Sonata in a sentence

She glided into the melancholy arpeggios of the Moonlight Sonata, without looking up from the keys.
Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Then she began, so low as scarcely to be audible, the first movement of the wonderful "Moonlight Sonata."
King Midas|Upton Sinclair
Such anatomical intimacy with the piano would destroy for me the bewitchment of the Moonlight Sonata.
Punch, Volume 156, January 22, 1919.|Various
The final movement of the "Moonlight Sonata" was to him the highest interpretation of humanity's yearning for deliverance.
August Strindberg, the Spirit of Revolt|L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby

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Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature|Ontario Ministry of Education