Moonlight Sonata - L. van Beethoven - (Piano Sonata n.14 - 1st Movement) [4k]

Description: Moonlight Sonata, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven - The video is in 4k. The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No., and dedicated to his pupil, Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. This piece is one of Beethoven's most popular compositions for the piano, and it was a popular favorite even in his own day. Beethoven wrote the Moonlight Sonata in his early thirties in 1801. THE NAME MOONLIGHT SONATA The name "Moonlight Sonata" comes from remarks made by the German music critic and poet Ludwig Rellstab. In 1832, five years after Beethoven's death, Rellstab likened the effect of the first movement to that of moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne. Within ten years, the name "Moonlight Sonata" ("Mondscheinsonate" in German) was being used in German and English publications. Later in the nineteenth century, the sonata was universally known by that name.

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