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Difficulty of Beethoven's Moonlight

Beethoven's "Moonlight/Moonlight/Moonlight Sonata" has different levels of difficulty. The first and second movements are for level 5-6, the third movement is for level 9, and for amateurs, it is level 10-11. class.

The first movement is a continuous slow tempo in C-sharp minor, 2/2 time, three-part style.

The second movement, Allegro Minor, is in the key of D flat major, in 3/4 time, in a trilogy style.

The third movement, exciting Presto, in C sharp minor, 4/4 time, sonata form. This movement has a delicate structure, wonderful piano effects and rich musical content. The stormy melody contains various complex piano techniques.

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Background of "Moonlight"

"Moonlight" piano sonata was written in 1801. That year Beethoven admitted in a letter his fear of ear disease. He also wrote in a letter: "I am now living a slightly happier life, a change brought about by the misfortune of a lovely, charming girl who loves me and is loved by me, who is not A person of my class, and I am not yet allowed to marry.

The "lovely, charming girl" mentioned in the letter is seventeen-year-old Julietta, who is still a piano student of Beethoven. The source of inspiration for the slow movement in String Quartet No. 18 of Beethoven's Op. The reason why this sonata is called "Moonlight"