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Moonlight Sonata - 1st Movement |
5:07 |
11 kb |
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, which is also known
as Beethoven's Piano Sonata #14 was written in 1801 and consists of 3 movements. It was dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, with whom he was deeply in love. Its original
title was Quasi una Fantasia. In 1832, the poet Ludwig Rellstab compared the music to 'moonlight shining on a lake.' Since then, it became known as the
Moonlight Sonata |
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Moonlight Sonata - 2nd Movement |
2:14 |
7.5 kb |
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Moonlight Sonata - 3rd Movement |
6:55 |
52.2 kb |
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Fur Elise |
2:56 |
7.8 kb |
This was written about 1810 |
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6th Symphony - 1st Movement |
14:59 |
93.6 kb |
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German Dance |
:24 |
1.1 kb |
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Minuet In G |
:54 |
3.8 kb |
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Peasant Dance |
2:13 |
15.5 kb |
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Pathetique - Sonata No 8 |
16:41 |
81.1 kb |
Also known as Piano Sonata in C Minor. The emotion he showed when playing
his own music was unheard of in his day, and the intensity of this work, is one of the first in which Beethoven shows his inner
mettle. |
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Missa Solemnis - 1st Movement |
8:53 |
47 kb |
Beethoven began the preliminary work on his Missa Solemnis in D, Op.123 - ,
preliminary work on the Missa Solemnis in the beginning of 1819. The Kyrie (mvmt1) and Gloria (mvmt2) were composed primarily during 1819 and 1820, and he finished the Gloria
before the opening theme of the Credo was developed. In August 1821, Beethoven began work on the Credo(mvmt3), and then he completed the Credo, Sanctus(mvmt4), and Agnus
Dei(mvmt5) before August 1822. He exacted major revisions to the Credo and especially the Agnus Dei. |
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Missa Solemnis - 2nd Movement |
10.32 |
38 kb |
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Missa Solemnis - 3rd Movement |
18:28 |
93 kb |
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Missa Solemnis - 4th Movement |
14:14 |
46 kb |
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Missa Solemnis - 5th Movement |
14:55 |
67 kb |
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