On December 16th, 1770, Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn. His father was a court musician and tenor as well as a forceful alcoholic. Beethoven's father recognized his son's amazing abilities and forced young Ludwig into the musical world. At 14, this child prodigy became a paid member of the Bonn court orchestra. He played the viola and the harpsichord. In 1792, he was given a grant from the electoral prince of Bonn to travel to Vienna. In Vienna, Haydn, Salieri, and Forster instructed him in music composition and theory. In 1798, his symptoms of deafness worsened and from 1819 on, he was having such a hard time, he had trouble making himself understood. In 1809, three members of the Viennese nobility promised him an annual pension to stay in Vienna. Before Beethoven died in 1827, he wrote many symphonies and sonatas.
I chose to write about Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, the Moonlight Sonata, or the Sonata quasi una fantasia. This sonata was composed in 1801, the 14th of Beethoven's 32 sonatas. Reportedly Beethoven once said "Surely I've written better things," in response to the popularity of the sonata. The first movement of this sonata, played adagio sostenuto, is fairly widely known and is taught often in piano lessons. In its entirety, the Moonlight Sonata is not what I would call his most famous work especially when grouped in with his Symphonies and other compositions. However, there is just something about this sonata that is very stirring. .
In contrast to many of Beethoven's other works, in which Ludwig strays from the traditional compositional forms, in the Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven only makes minor changes to the traditional sonata form. In traditional sonata form, there are three movements, the Exposition, the Development and the Recapitulation. The exposition begins in the dominant key and progresses through two themes by way of a bridge into the tonic key, and then ends with a closing also in the dominant key.
Moonlight "There is no theory. ... Debussy completed three projected works, a violin sonata, a cello and flute sonata and a viola and harp sonata. ... Clare de Lune meaning moonlight is Debussy's signature piece. ... "His best-known composition is probably "Clair de lune" (Moonlight) from "Suite Bergamasque" (1890-1905) for piano- (Grolier 1). ...
From Beethoven's famous "moonlight sonata" to the rather extroverted 3rd symphony, Beethoven is considered as the crucial figure in the transition of classical music into the romantic era. ... Beethoven developed an intriguing creation of movements in one of his sonatas. ... His last two sonatas were written in 1814. Sonata no. 5 in D major is written in 3 movements in a traditional fast-slow-fast arrangement. ... This Beethoven sonata was the first piece to be published in this manner. ...
By this time though, he had already written about 90% of his work including piano concertos, sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies one of which being the well-known Opus 27 number2 piano sonata number 14 in C sharp minor aka the "Moonlight Sonata." ... Some of Beethoven's most popular works have been the Moonlight Sonata, a piano sonata consisting of three movements, Erotica, a four-movement symphony, and Fur Elise. ...
Nic: "I feel excited and angry at times" Stuart: "And Moonlight Sonata?" ... If you were asked to say which of the three (our woman, painting, or Moonlight Sonata) you find the most beautiful and second most etc. what would be your reply?" Nic: "I would say that the woman is the most beautiful, then Moonlight Sonata, then the painting" Stuart: "So the level of beauty of an object is determined by which of the passions it arouses, yes?" ...
He later dedicated his Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Opus 53, to Waldstein and named it after him. ... Later in 1799, Beethoven dedicated his Opus 13, Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique- to him. ... Beethoven presented his two major piano concerti, the Septet and the First Symphony in 1800, and the Moonlight Sonata in 1801. ...
The following years, his father took the boy on tour and by the age of thirteen, Mozart had written sonatas, concertos, symphonies and several operas. ... Beethoven was the supreme architect of music; His genius found expression in the structural type of the sonata and the symphony. ... Debussy was against the sonata allegro form, the grand structure the Germans counted as a supreme achievement. ...
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