Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 c sharp minor op. 27 no. 2 (Moonlight) Publisher_Chester OLD FRENCH GAVOTTE

OLD FRENCH GAVOTTE

with a piece in the style of a nocturne by Chopin (it can occasionally be heard as an encore at piano recitals)

in chronological order

Lyric and verses included for every tune

Schubert brackets an Andantino with Variations on the song “Sei mir gegrüsst” D 741 with sections that are tastefully interwoven with the theme of the lied

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 c sharp minor op. 27 no. 2 (Moonlight) Publisher_Chester OLD FRENCH GAVOTTESonata 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,