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Beethoven wrote his Eighth Piano Sonata (Pathetique) in 1797 and it was published in 1799. The piece was written during what is considered his “early” period. The Pathetique sonata is technically considered to be in the “classical” era of music history but it has many romantic elements. Beethoven is well known for making the first […] Here are piano sonatas from 9 to 16. This includes No. 14, the famous “Moonlight”. There is a nice, thorough analysis of that sonata here at The Classical Music Blog (unfortunately the page hasn’t been updated in over a year with new material). Beethoven’s “Moonlight sonata”, a name coined by German music critic Ludwig Rellstab […] Today’s pop music, and more generally; pop culture, fashion, etc. seems to be a huge throw back to the 80’s and subsequently the late 60’s early 70’s. That pop-cultural history gets reinvented should be no surprise as being steeped in our ontological past is just part of being human. Think about the recent popularization of […] I wrote part of this piece at the end of last year. It, like the last movement of my Viola Sonata, is in a semetrical mode consisting of the pitches, C, Db, Eb, E, F#, G#, A# (Bb). I feel it is very different from most of what I have written before, though still considerably […] The knees in Einstein on the Beach act as introductory material to the act it precedes and intermediaries between movements. The term “knee” is supposed to refer to the joint-like qualities it exhibits. All of the knees in this work are quite striking to me as they are frankly the most interesting sections of the […] |
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