Born Bonn, Germany Baptized 1770. Birthday unknown. Interested
in music at an early age.
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Learned music from his father Close relationship with his
mother First performance was at Cologne. Johann Maria
Magdalena
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Studied music from renowned artists Neefe Haydn
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1782 Published 9 Variations in C Minor Beethoven
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1784 At age 14 was appointed organist at the Court of
Maximilian Francis, Elector of Cologne. Beethoven Cologne, Germany
Maximilian Francis
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1787 Learned music from Mozart. Mother died July 17th.
Mozart
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1800 He organized his first symphony He pushed the boundaries
of music
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1801 He revealed his deafness to friends. In spite of his
disability he continued to create beautiful music Beethoven
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Some of his works consisted of Symphonies Concertos Works for
Soloist and Orchestra Overtures and incidental music Sonatas
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Other works He created his first and only opera Lenore The name
later got changed to Fidelio against his wishes. Fidelio
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1815 Brother Kaspar Karl passed away Guardianship of his nephew
Karl Continued to compose Quartets, Symphonies and Mass Nephew
Karl
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1827 Died March 26 th Surrounded by friends 10-30,000 people
attended funeral Beethoven's funeral - The painting by Franz Stober
- 1827 Beethoven's funeral as depicted by Franz Stber
(17951858)Franz Stber
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Composition History Moonlight Sonata
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Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Originally called Quasi una
Fantasia Ludwig Relstab said it reminded him of the moonlight of
Lake Lucerne It was composed for Beethovens student Giulietta
Guicciardi Giulietta Guicciardi Lake Lucerne, Switzerland
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Moonlight Sonata Consists of 3 movements Adagio sostenuto which
is the first movement Allegreto which is the second movement Presto
agitato the third movement
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Listening Guide Moonlight Sonata
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The First Movement The First Movement: Adagio Sostenuto The
first movement of the Moonlight Sonata is the most well known. The
almost haunting and mysterious melody is dark and whisper like. The
form of the first movement is a sort of condensed sonata. In other
words, it plays the main melody, develops it, and then plays it
again very similar to how it was originally played. Most of the
first movement is playing in pianissimo and then gets mezzo forte.
00:01 to 00:20 The introduction is played in four-measure
arpeggiated chords. The soft melody is played over. 00-01:40 Melody
played in fortissimo loud chords. 02:55-4:04 The middle section has
motivic development of dialogue, exchanged between hands.
4:04-04:30 The melody closes in bass. 04:30-04:52 Resolution
arpeggios and chords end the first movement.
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The Second Movement The Second Movement: Allegretto The second
movement of the Moonlight Sonata is fast-moving. The key of the
second movement is D flat major, which is unrelated to the overall
key of c# minor. 00:01- 1:05 Syncopations in triple meter give
asymmetrical feeling. Chords play loud then descending into a soft
melody. 1:06-02:11Short, repeated sections are played here. Melody
played forte, loud and then going piano, soft.
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The Third Movement The Third Movement: Presto Agitato The third
movement is completely different from the previous two movements.
Its rapid progressions from note to note are invigorating and
powerful. The third movement of the Moonlight Sonata is actually
marked piano, but Beethovens use of sforzandos and fortissimos
which make the piece actually sound as if the overall dynamic was
fortissimo. 00:01-0:47 There is an underlying restless movement.
Dramatic character, with sudden dynamic contrasts, building to huge
climax as the tension builds. 1:45-2:06 Theme 1rising arpeggios
punctuated by 2 sharp chords. 3:03-03:15 Theme 2amore lyrical, with
restless accompaniment. Music grows louder, set in octaves.
03:59-05:30 Theme 2b is played with accented chords grows loud then
soft. 06:07-06:24 Gentle closing theme, then builds and ends with
chords. Rising chromatic scale leads to closing theme, builds to 2
fortissimo chords.
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Bibliography and References Wikipedia, Moonlight Sonata,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Sonata Wikipedia, Ludwig Van
Beethoven, retrieved from
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven Wikipedia,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_Sonata#Adagio_so
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