John Lennon Was Inspired by a 250-Year-Old Classic When Writing The Beatles 'Abbey Road'

John Lennon found inspiration for The Beatles' Because in Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, creating a unique connection between ...
Classic FM

If Beethoven lived in 2017, the Moonlight Sonata would be this Deep House remix

Would the Moonlight Sonata sound like a Deep House track if Beethoven had composed it in 2017? We think so. This guy – Vinheteiro on YouTube – has arranged a Deep ...
Classic FM

Study finds Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata most popular music to fall asleep to

Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata is the most popular piece of music to fall asleep to, according to a global sleep study. A fifth (20 percent) of UK respondents said the enduring 1801 piano work, known ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata and more

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Slowly spiralling chords in the right hand. Deep, sinking bass in the left. The opening to Beethoven’s ...
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Alicia Keys Performs Beethoven Sonata at Kobe Bryant Memorial After Athlete Learned to Play It

Kobe Bryant had learned to play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" by ear years earlier Kobe Bryant’s love of classical music was honored during the powerful celebration of life for the NBA legend on ...
KCRW

Reflections on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"

Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Sonata quasi una fantasia,” more popularly known as the “Moonlight Sonata” (1802). (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the ...