Moonlight Sonata

[MrScorpio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

[graywarrior]

1. Awesome!

[livetohike]

2. Beautiful! n/t

[progressivejazz]

3. Perfect music. Only Beethoven.

[sibelian]

4. Thank you!

:)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. simply sublime.

thanks :)

[freshwest]

6. Music for many occasions. Thanks Mr. Scorpio.

[emilyg]

7. ......

[Aristus]

8. Not one of Beethoven's personal favorites, actually.

Mr. Scorpio, did I ever tell you the story about Beethoven's opinion of this piece? From what I understand, this is documented, and not an apocryphal story:

Evidently, Beethoven wrote to a friend complaining: "Everyone is clamoring for that C-sharp minor sonata! Surely, I have written better things!..."

I don't agree. "Moonlight" is startlingly beautiful. I never get tired of listening to it.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Lewis Carrol was upset that Alice in Wonderland was so popular

He thought it would detract from the reputation he wanted to build as a mathematician.

Arthur Conan Doyle couldn't understand why Sherlock Holmes was so popular. He insisted he had written better things.

[MrScorpio]

10. Sounds exactly like another perfectionist artist...

I know that sentiment well.