Moonlight Sonata was composed by the great Ludwig Van Beethoven in 1801.
Beethoven included the phrase "Quasi una fantasia" (Italian: Almost a fantasy) in the title partly because the sonata does not follow the traditional sonata pattern.
By positioning the most dramatic form (sonata form) at the end of the piece, Beethoven could exagerate the drama of the finale.
Of the final movement, Charles Rosen has written "it is the most unbridled in its representation of emotion. Even today, two hundred years later, its ferocity is astonishing."
Moonlight Sonata was composed by the great Ludwig Van Beethoven in 1801.
Beethoven included the phrase "Quasi una fantasia" (Italian: Almost a fantasy) in the title partly because the sonata does not follow the traditional sonata pattern.
By positioning the most dramatic form (sonata form) at the end of the piece, Beethoven could exagerate the drama of the finale.
Of the final movement, Charles Rosen has written "it is the most unbridled in its representation of emotion. Even today, two hundred years later, its ferocity is astonishing."