Beethoven

(not pronounced BEE-though-ven)
Alright. One of the things that I'm more interested in in life is music. My favorite composer is Ludwig van Beethoven. As of now, I'd rather not go through his whole life story (or rather, I'd love to but I just don't have the time, and neither do you, especially if I'm the one explaining as I tend to be overly wordy), so instead I figured I'd link his name to the Wikipedia page; they have a good mini-bio.

Anyway, for this blog at least, I'll focus on his Opus 27, no. 2; Piano Sonata 14, "Quasi una fantasia" (Moonlight). Most people know this work for it's haunting beginning melody, which repeats the same motive over and over again. It's a piece full of longing, with a relatively simple melody. For this reason, I believe most people are able to relate to it fairly well. However, to most who do not avidly listen to music or play the piano, the second and third movements of the piece are almost unknown. The second movement is a relatively short interlude between to giants of music. The first movement is filled with emotion, while the third is one the most intense pieces for solo piano I believe there has ever existed. Really, I've been trying for like 20 minutes to try and describe a piece that I don't think words can do justice to. SO, after my rant, here's the piece in it's entirety (I even made the playlist myself). This particular version is of Daniel Barenboim playing the piece (I think his interpretation is one of the best). With out further ado, please enjoy.