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,