Opus 27 No. 2

E280004
musical work piano sonata

Opus 27 No. 2 is the catalog designation for Beethoven’s famous Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, widely known as the "Moonlight" Sonata.

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Label Occurrences
Opus 27 2
Beethoven Opus 27 set 1
Opus 27 No. 2 canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" ⓘ
surface form: Moonlight Sonata
catalogDesignation Op. 27 No. 2 ⓘ
catalogInBeethovenWerkverzeichnis Biamonti 247 ⓘ
cityOfFirstPublication Vienna ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionPeriod Classical period ⓘ
countryOfFirstPublication Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo Countess Giulietta Guicciardi ⓘ
difficultyLevel advanced piano repertoire ⓘ
firstMovementKey C-sharp minor ⓘ
formOfFirstMovement modified sonata form ⓘ
formOfSecondMovement scherzo and trio ⓘ
formOfThirdMovement sonata-allegro form ⓘ
genre sonata ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of Beethoven’s most famous and frequently performed piano works ⓘ
influenced later Romantic piano writing ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key C-sharp minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movement Adagio sostenuto ⓘ
Allegretto ⓘ
Presto agitato ⓘ
nickname Moonlight ⓘ
nicknameOrigin Inspired by critic Ludwig Rellstab’s comparison to moonlight on Lake Lucerne ⓘ
notableFeature first movement marked to be played without dampers for much of the piece ⓘ
unconventional structure with slow movement first and fast movement last ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
numberWithinOpus 2 ⓘ
opusNumber 27 ⓘ
originalTitle Sonata quasi una fantasia ⓘ
pairedWith Opus 27 No. 1 ⓘ
performanceDuration approximately 15 minutes ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput middle period of Beethoven ⓘ
popularMovement first movement Adagio sostenuto ⓘ
publisher Cappi (Vienna) ⓘ
secondMovementKey D-flat major ⓘ
style early Romantic ⓘ
tempoMarkingFirstMovement Adagio sostenuto ⓘ
tempoMarkingSecondMovement Allegretto ⓘ
tempoMarkingThirdMovement Presto agitato ⓘ
thirdMovementKey C-sharp minor ⓘ
timeSignatureFirstMovement 4/4 ⓘ
timeSignatureSecondMovement 3/4 ⓘ
timeSignatureThirdMovement 4/4 ⓘ
title Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" ⓘ
surface form: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2
workGroup Opus 27 No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Opus 27
workNumber Piano Sonata No. 14 ⓘ
yearComposed 1801 ⓘ
yearPublished 1802 ⓘ

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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" → catalogNumber → Opus 27 No. 2 ⓘ
Opus 27 No. 2 → workGroup → Opus 27 No. 2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Opus 27
Moonlight → belongsTo → Opus 27 No. 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beethoven Opus 27 set
Sonata quasi una fantasia → partOf → Opus 27 No. 2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Opus 27