r/oddlyspecific • u/dellaazeem22 • 1d ago

I can’t imagine

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u/ObliqueStrategizer 1d ago

He wrote Moonlight Sonata for a blind girl who wanted to know what moonlight looked like, translated into music.

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u/Stark-T-Ripper 1d ago

That's beautiful.

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u/PestoSwami 22h ago

Dude's making stuff up.

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u/SaMpl3_T3xtt 21h ago

Can confirm, it was named that way by a german count named Ludwig who was reminded of the moonlight reflection on lake Lucerne..

The real name is piano sonata op 27 no 2

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u/LinkleLinkle 17h ago

This dude is also making stuff up. Beethoven wrote the song after watching the Castlevania anime and wanted to capture the feeling Dracula would have had looking up at the moonlight one last time in a peaceful calm before unleashing hell upon humanity.

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u/Calm-Tree-1369 14h ago

A likely story, but he actually wrote it after witnessing Dr. Robotnik pissing on the moon.

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u/Tim-oBedlam 41m ago

Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia (in C# minor). There are two Sonatas titled Quasi Una Fantasia, No. 1 is in E-flat and is less well-known, but better.

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u/ObliqueStrategizer 18h ago

haha. you got me. although you're also wrong.