Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata ◉ Moonlight Paintings

*#beethoven #sonata #classicalmusic Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Title: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Quasi una fantasia", "Moonlight sonata") Movement: I. Adagio sostenuto Piano: Bernd Krueger, http://www.piano-midi.de PAINTINGS 00:00 Crossing in a Moonlit Night (1905) by Rieger 00:28 Mountain Stream in the Moonlight (by 1905) by Rieger 00:50 Man and Woman contemplating the moon (c. 1824) by Friedrich 01:17 Forest Landscape in the Moonlight (1861) by Saal 01:48 Moonlit landscape (1859) by Carus 02:20 Landscape in the Moonlight (1852) by Baade 02:51 Coastal Landscape in the Moonlight (1868) by Baade 03:20 Moonlight (1869) by Baade 03:36 Elbe with Boats in the Moonlight (1852) by Castell 03:56 The four times of day: Night (1757) by Vernet 04:28 Harbor at Night (1840) by Donny 04:56 Coastal Landscape in the Moonlight by Jungblut 05:20 Moonlight (1885) by Munsterhjelm Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music. His works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. The name Moonlight Sonata grew popular later. PAINTERS Albert Rieger (1834 - 1905) was an Austrian painter best known for his dark, muted landscapes of Vienna. Caspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840) was a German romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. Georg Eduard Otto Saal (1817 - 1870) was a German painter, known primarily for his landscapes of Norway. Carl Gustav Carus (1789 – 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, who played various roles during the Romantic era. Knud Baade (1808 - 1879) was a Norwegian painter, mostly of portraits and landscapes. Johann Anton Castell (1810 - 1867) was a German painter. Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 – 1789) was a French romantic painter known for his Mediterranean harbor scenes. Désiré Donny (1798 - 1861) was a Flemish painter. Johann Jungblut (1860 - 1912) was a German painter who focused on depicting winter landscapes of rural Netherlands, Germany, and Norway. Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm (1840 – 1905) was a Finnish landscape painter.