Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata: Breaking The Mould
The Classical Music Minute - En podcast av Steven Hobé, Composer & Host - Måndagar
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Description Moonlight Sonata aka Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, was completed in 1801, published the following year, and premiered by the composer himself, whose hearing was still adequate but already deteriorating at the time. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact The subtitle—“Sonata in the manner of a fantasia”—reminds listeners that the piece, although technically a sonata, is suggestive of a free-flowing, improvised fantasia. Indeed, arpeggios—playing of the notes of a chord se...