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The sonata has three movements:
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
Presto agitato
The first movement is written in a kind of truncated sonata form. A melody that Hector Berlioz called a "lamentation" is played (mostly by the right hand) against an accompanying ostinato triplet rhythm. The movement has made a powerful impression on many listeners; for instance, Berlioz wrote that it "is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify." The work was very popular in Beethoven's day, to the point of exasperating the co ...
The sonata has three movements:
Adagio sostenuto
Allegretto
Presto agitato
The first movement is written in a kind of truncated sonata form. A melody that Hector Berlioz called a "lamentation" is played (mostly by the right hand) against an accompanying ostinato triplet rhythm. The movement has made a powerful impression on many listeners; for instance, Berlioz wrote that it "is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify." The work was very popular in Beethoven's day, to the point of exasperating the co ...
Score of the "Moonlight" Sonata, typeset and placed in the public domain by Chris Sawer, is part of the Mutopia project.
1st Movement: Adagio sostenuto
PDF Version (info)
2nd Movement: Allegretto
PDF Version
3rd Movement: Presto agitato
PDF Version
Other versions of the score:
The William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the Indiana University School of Music has posted a scan of the score (Ricordi edition).
The Mutopia project version given above is also p ...
At the opening of the work, Beethoven included a written direction that the damper pedal should be depressed for the entire duration of the first movement. The Italian reads: "Si deve suonare tutto questo pezzo delicatissimamente e senza sordino" ("The entire piece must be played as delicately as possible and without dampers."). The modern piano has a much longer sustain time than the instruments of Beethoven's day. Therefore, his instruction cannot be followed by pianists play ...
Score of the "Moonlight" Sonata, typeset and placed in the public domain by Chris Sawer, is part of the Mutopia project.
1st Movement: Adagio sostenuto
PDF Version (info)
2nd Movement: Allegretto
PDF Version
3rd Movement: Presto agitato
PDF Version
Other versions of the score:
The William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the Indiana University School of Music has posted a scan of the score (Ricordi edition).
The Mutopia project version given above is also p ...
At the opening of the work, Beethoven included a written direction that the damper pedal should be depressed for the entire duration of the first movement. The Italian reads: "Si deve suonare tutto questo pezzo delicatissimamente e senza sordino" ("The entire piece must be played as delicately as possible and without dampers."). The modern piano has a much longer sustain time than the instruments of Beethoven's day. Therefore, his instruction cannot be followed by pianists play ...
