June Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, 1824
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Category: Composers
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
June composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
“Moonlight Sonata” Sonata 14 in C Sharp Minor, 1801-02
Composer of the month: June
The catalogue of classical music is massive. It’s hard to know where to start. Over the past couple of years I have been listening on and off to pieces in a mostly random way. But I still really didn’t know anything about them, or about their composers. As part of this journey into the classical world I’ve decided to immerse myself in a different composer every month. Each week of that month I’ll look at a popular or interesting piece and the story around it. It’ll be their story and my story.
June’s composer is probably the most well-known among the popular music world. He’s claimed to have had a massive influence on the composers who came after him and also to have changed the way the public viewed the function of music.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Liszt: Un Sospiro
MAY COMPOSER: FRANZ LISZT
Un Sospiro “A sigh” – S144/3 in D Flat Major, 1845 – 1849
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Liszt: La Campanella
Composer of the month: May
The catalogue of classical music is massive. It’s hard to know where to start. Over the past couple of years I have been listening on and off to pieces in a mostly random way. But I still really didn’t know anything about them, or about their composers.
As part of this journey into the classical world I decided to immerse myself in one composer a month. Each week I’ll look at a popular or interesting piece and the story around them. It’ll be their story and my story. Stay tuned.
May’s composer is the man who hooked me into this new world,
Franz Liszt
