Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - Beethoven Liszt In 1909 at the earliest

In 1909 at the earliest

Micah Galang

Liszt’s piano arrangement of the overture is a technically brilliant piece of the highest order

the “Unfinished

Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - Beethoven Liszt In 1909 at the earliestSonata quasi una fantasia was the title given to it by Beethoven, and yet the world of music knows it as the Moonlight Sonata an epithet that was already around during the composers lifetime. The lake rests quiet under the light of the moon at twilight; the wave thuds against the dark bank, wrote Ludwig Rellstab on the 1st movement in 1823. It is as if we catch sight of a colossal grave in the middle of a lonely plain, palely lit by the sickle moon,