Moonlight Sonata
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Moonlight Sonata is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most famous piano sonatas, renowned for its hauntingly lyrical first movement and dedicated to his pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
musical composition
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piano sonata ⓘ solo piano work ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Op. 27, No. 2
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonata quasi una fantasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposer | Ludwig van Beethoven’s middle period ⓘ |
| catalogueDesignation | Op. 27, No. 2 ⓘ |
| commonlyPerformedBy | concert pianists ⓘ |
| commonlyStudiedIn | piano pedagogy ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria (Vienna) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Countess Giulietta Guicciardi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicateeRelationship | pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| famousIn | Western classical music repertoire ⓘ |
| firstMovementCharacter | slow and meditative GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstMovementTempoMarking | Adagio sostenuto ⓘ |
| genre | Classical period piano sonata ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | C-sharp minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| movement |
Adagio sostenuto
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Allegretto ⓘ Presto agitato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Moonlight Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hauntingly lyrical first movement
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innovative sonata form ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | 27 ⓘ |
| opusSubNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| originalTitlePhrase | Sonata quasi una fantasia GENERATED ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| popularNicknameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| popularNicknameOrigin | coined after Beethoven’s death ⓘ |
| secondMovementCharacter | gentle and dance-like ⓘ |
| secondMovementTempoMarking | Allegretto ⓘ |
| structure | three-movement sonata ⓘ |
| thirdMovementCharacter | fast and turbulent ⓘ |
| thirdMovementTempoMarking | Presto agitato ⓘ |
| title | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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