We have a collection of 3 arrangements for Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Why is Beethoven's most famous sonata called the "Moonlight"? Learn!
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is one of Beethoven's most popular compositions for the piano. The famous name "Moonlight Sonata" was not given by Beethoven but by the German poet Ludwig Rellstab in 1832, five years after the composer's death. He compared the effect of the first movement to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne. The sonata's unusual structure, opening with a slow, brooding adagio instead of a sonata-allegro movement, was revolutionary for its time.