Moonlight

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Moonlight is the famous popular nickname for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, one of the most celebrated works in the classical piano repertoire.

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Moonlight canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
nickname
piano sonata
alsoKnownAs Moonlight Sonata
approximateCompositionYear 1801
approximatePublicationYear 1802
associatedWith classical piano repertoire
belongsTo Opus 27 No. 2
surface form: Beethoven Opus 27 set
catalogue Beethoven piano sonatas
commonlyPerformedIn orchestral concerts (in arrangements)
piano recitals
commonlyStudiedIn piano education
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
composerNationality German
compositionDecade 1800s
countryOfOrigin Austria
culturalStatus iconic classical piece
dedicatedTo Countess Giulietta Guicciardi
difficultyLevel advanced piano repertoire
firstMovementTempoMarking Adagio sostenuto
frequentlyUsedIn advertising
film soundtracks
television
genre piano sonata
hasForm sonata form elements (especially in third movement)
hasKeySignature four sharps
influenced Romantic piano repertoire
instrumentation solo piano
isAmong most famous piano works
most performed piano sonatas
most recorded piano sonatas
key C-sharp minor
languageOfTitle Italian
movementCount 3
notableFeature continuous triplet accompaniment in first movement
unconventional slow first movement
virtuosic final movement
number Piano Sonata No. 14
opusNumber Op. 27 No. 2
originalTitle Sonata quasi una fantasia
pairedWith Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia"
surface form: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1
period Classical period
popularNickname Moonlight
refersTo 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
secondMovementTempoMarking Allegretto
structure three-movement sonata
style early Romantic
thirdMovementTempoMarking Presto agitato

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