Beethoven- Moonlight Piano Sonata No.14

The Moonlight Sonata is one of my favorite music pieces. It was not called The Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. He first named it "Quasi una fanatsia", which basically mean almost a fantasy. It has a mystical and emotional feeling. This piece was said to be written for one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s young lovers, but since she was of a higher class they couldn’t have an intimate relationship. So that is why I think it was called almost a fantasy. The piece has three movements, the Adagio Sostenuto, Allegretto and Presto Agitato movements. Adagio Sostenuto is soft and dreamy and it gets mysterious. This might have been his feeling when he first fell in love with the girl. The Allegretto movement is playful, jumpy and happy. The reason for this feeling is because it was played forte. When the Presto Agitato movement starts the tempo increases dramatically. This part it’s both fun but very fast. At the same time it also seems kind of dangerous. It is a very intense part. I personally think this may have been his emotions when he realized he could not be with this girl. Which title do you prefer, Moonlight or Almost a Fantasy? 

Friedrich’s The Monk and the Sea 

This is an amazing and simple painting done by Casper David Friedrich a German, romantic artist. When I thought of the tittle The Monk and the Sea I pictured a man sitting in a bright area that had warm colours like an orange and red sky, brownish yellow sand and a light almost teal sea with a mix of the orange and red. Instead the painting shows a man stand looking into the cold sea on a cloudy day. I think this monk is reflecting on his action and this reflection is shown by him standing looking into the almost black sea. You can see that there is sunlight appearing that might mean various thing depending on what he might have been thinking of. The bright part in the sky is also the focal point in this painting and the gaps in the sky from the focal point lead to the monk. I think many people can relate to thins painting because it can be seen as a solution (the coming sun) to a very thought out question (the sea).