| Later in the nineteenth century, the sonata was universally known by that name | In 1832, five years after Beethoven's death, Rellstab likened the effect of the first movement to that of moonlight shining upon |
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| This is accomplished by silently depressing the piano's lowest bass notes before beginning the movement, then using the sostenuto pedal to hold these dampers up for the duration of the movement | Weitzman, notes for Chandos 9463, 5 |
suggests using the : the pianist should pedal cleanly while allowing sympathetic vibration of the low bass strings to provide the desired "blur".
6| 296, in which he adds a violin melody over the unaltered first movement of Beethoven's sonata | Princeton: Princeton University Press published 1967 |
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| A melody that called a "lamentation", [ ] mostly by the left hand, is played against an accompanying triplet rhythm, simultaneously played by the right hand | Translated by Henry Edward Krehbiel, London, 1962• It manifests the key relationships of the sonata's three movements, chord structures, and even shares some passages |
2 Style Form Composed 1801 Dedication Countess Movements Three The Piano Sonata No.
25| Notes and references [ ] Notes• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp | interactive score on Verovio Humdrum Viewer• Note that Beethoven wrote "senza sordino"; see above |
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| As cited in Bonds, New Grove 2000 , 24:837 | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 208-269• , The William and Gayle Cook Music Library at the• 14 in , marked Quasi una fantasia, |
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