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Parabéns o site é muito bom! Encontrei os melhores clássicos de todos os tempos.
This would be great for my next movie on my website. (www.myfaveflicks.net)
Hi, I’m Jesse L Martin from TV. I like Obama and his idiotic speeches, and I like ponys and unicorns, but this music is jack crap
Then kindly keep your opinion to yourself, whoever that is, posing as Jesse L. Martin.
Beethoven was a genius, and this is one of his greatest pieces ever. Its lovely simplicity and beautiful spirit make it my all-time favorite song.
Just beautiful. Beethoven was the most brilliant composer I’ve ever heard. I agree with Arson; the lovely simplicity and beautiful spirit of Moonlight Sonata makes it an engaging piece. It captures his emotion perfectly, and sometimes, mine as well.
the sonata is simply elegant and thrilling to hear. anyone who hears this piece from the great composer is bound to imagine the moon shining mysteriously above him.
i am an african american and i believe this is the greats piece of all time. i dont listen to this type of music but when i heard this i was in awe. i cried and favored this particular piece it is the greatest
Nunca me cansaria de escuchar esta melodia, es tan hermosa…..aveces cuando la escucho en la oficina , parece que todo ami alrededor desapareciera, es sublime es transportadora…..es Hermosa!
i really love this type of music…its reaches my soul and it makes me cry…
la verdad que es una musica muy relajante
This is something i would lisen to every day if I could Beatiful Wonderous and Soul touching he was truely a great artist my Chior teaher crys when she hears him .(and so do I.)
How can you not love his music?Heart felt song touch others and his music thouches many lives and gives us pause, It lets us feel sorrow,love,pain,and emotions we have not experianced. Simpliy Lovly.
this is superrr!))
I think this is beyond the best peice of Classical music I have ever heard. It’s soothing to the soul! And yes, it makes some cry!
a very beautiful peace of art i would have to say indeed i love the texture
Músicas maravilhosas!
….such an enchanting piece of music, engaging the listener on many levels. Delicate, sublime and beautiful….. almost enigmatic. Quite simply!
beautiful song,
but it sounds kinda sad… like beethoven would’ve written it as if he had just gotten his heart broken… he definatly didn’t deserve whatever caused him to write such hauntingly beautiful music.
I have devoted my life to music and for such pieces like this to even exist is amazing it just shows that humanity, aside from it’s evil and corruption, has a side to it that can posses beauty and passion I only wish that music like this could be made today but the the reason we can’t is because people today lack what Beethoven shows here, true passion, we have drifted away from it just as we have done the same with our morals but at least, thanks to songs like this, we can remember humanity as it was and maybe one day we can come back to this.
Joseph E. A.
i’m not into this type of music, but this song? love it. its beautiful, mysterious, haunting, relaxing, and brings dreams of beautiful things. i heard a piece of it on a Hamtaro game a few years ago. i fell in love, playing it again and again. its just so mysterious and spooky. sometimes it puts me in a trance. i love it. @~> rose
makes me dream of a ballroom couple dancing under a dark, moonlit sky
O.o the girl tripped and they laughed. now looking in eachother’s eyes
the time on here is wrong. just a heads up.
موسيقى بتهوفين تعتبر اجمل ما سمعت في حياتي بحبها
Oh to live this for real. It’s a song of total solitude, a Heavenly composition. Music to put ones mind at ease and think of eternity in God’s peace. It is coming for real, but as we wait in patience this music is………….superb.
In this piece I feel a longing, a certain lonliness that needs comforting. Its searching for something in the beginning, but in the end, the movement of the piece shows that something was achieved or aquired. That’s how I interperet this. Comment if you’f like, but its personal perspective.
this piece is a timeless work of art.it is both beautiful,and melancholy.a haunting melody that stirs the soul.a true masterpeice.
I love Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Chaikowsky (if I even spelled that right because I never do)….Great site. I only wish I could pull the song because I’m looking for it for a class assignment. I bookmarked it anyway. Thanks!
I had to add another comment for those who don’t know, this piece is only the first movement of this song, there are three total, but this piece is the most popular.
This is one of my favorite pieces of music, and one of the few I can play. Miss Katrina noted this to be the first of three movements (it’s a Sonata. Meaning 3 or 4 sections or rather movements, separate in presentation, yet in perfect cadence as a whole.) Katrina’s quite correct (it’s also the only part I can play.) To my Chagrin the timing performed here is most definitely Off. Not so badly I think, that an untrained ear would notice. Look for the 3rd movement, it’ll knock your socks off. Takes exceptional talent to play, even badly. And DON’T GET ME WRONG; This presentation is by no means bad, It’s just a little off. The pianist is not in cadence, hesitating. Like a horse breaking stride (or gait), when the pace should be very even. The one on the website above contains a very good midi version, 1st movement is quite a bit better than what’s here, and the 2nd is VERY well played, but the 3rd (beginning at 7min.55sec. is sensational! The BEST I have ever heard! My hat off to the pianist. He/She is FIRST RATE!
I am a mystical african high priest who wrestles lions. Personally, this music is the best, and it makes me want to hug children, dance in the dark, and cut myself.
The original title of the sonata is “Quasi una fantasia” (It. almost a fantasy). The popular title of Moonlight Sonata actually didn’t come about until several years after Beethoven’s death. In 1836, German music critic, Ludwig Rellstab wrote that the sonata reminded him of the reflected moonlight off Lake Lucerne. Since then, Moonlight Sonata has remained the “official” unofficial title of the sonata.
Beethoven composed the famous Moonlight Sonata in 1801 and dedicated it to Countess Giulietta Guicciardi, a pupil of Beethoven. Shortly after their first few lessons, the two fell in love. After dedicating the Moonlight Sonata, it is believed that Beethoven proposed to her. Although she was willing to accept Beethoven’s proposal, forbiddance by one of her parents prevented her from marrying him.
Think about that when you listen to this.
Bunch of know it alls. Just listen to the music. Who cares what the name would have been or was. I’m pretty sure its current name is here to stay. Great song, however I agree this performance is somewhat off.
Ppl need to stop being so stubborn, this is music, not todays bs that kids listen to, im 16 and a not no dam geek im jus sayin, LISTEN!!!!!!!!! One life to live ppl
The story behind the music, in the casses of classical pieces and especially Baroque pieces is just as important as the emotion it illicits in you. “Know it all” or not, it’s important to understand what’s driven a soul to create, as it increases your emotional response.
And, whether or not the lay-person calls this work “Moonlight Sonata” or not means nothing. It is NOT the name of the work. It’s like someone taking a song from one of the awful emo bands you like and calling it something completely different.
There. I feel better.
es finura que encanta, cierra los ojos, te transporta a un mundo de sueños.
what people have to do is understand…this man was death! could not hear and makes something this great? bravo mr.beethoven. bravo. truly you are the greatest
I meant to say deaf
I like this music it calms alot of ppl down and it also make them sleep
This music is beyond beautiful. I can’t find words to describe it.
i agree this is his magnum opus in my eyes so dark and absolutely brilliant.
WOW amazing Speechless!.
This song never fails to give me chills…
Ever since I was little, there has always been something about this song that has scared me. I love it now, but it still gives me the willies.
This song always makes me feel relaxed and peaceful. Right now i am writing a sonata and i got my inspiration from this piece.
Wonderful piece.
This is the point where all humanity unites as it should be.
I wish the composer were still alive to contribute his music to this world forever…
Wow this type of music really touches me on a very deep level, its almost asthout it speaks to your very soul. Ive been through alot in my life and this takes me to a level only surpasses by the love for music itself so bravo Beethoven bravo.
Poor Jesse L Martin. You’re ignorant, too ignorant to even realize it. I’m so grateful that people like you will only influence people like you. We are in no danger.
Useful website and interesting post. I really enjoy piano a lot. I have marked it to come back later. Imagination is more important than knowledge-Einstein
Worthwhile internet page and intriguing posting. I really enjoy piano a lot. I’ve marked it to return later. Even if you are on the right track- you will get run over if you just sit there