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Related: About this forumBeethoven Sonata Pathetique, 2nd Movement, played by Julie Michael
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Beethoven Sonata Pathetique, 2nd Movement, played by Julie Michael (Original Post)
elleng
Mar 2020
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RestoreAmerica2020
(3,459 posts)1. Just lovely! Thanks for sharing. Paz.
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(54,312 posts)2. I learned this sonata when I was 5 and still had talent
Had to fake some of the chords in the first movement especially because my hands were too small. And I could never get the feel of the second movement right. But the third I just loved playing. One of the few pieces I could really nail before my performing talent left me.
Anyway, here's a billy Joel song that manages to use the theme from the second movement as the chorus. In a 50's do-wop style, no less, but it still works:
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elleng
(137,262 posts)3. THANKS for that!
I love to hear/notice when pieces borrow, like these:
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(54,312 posts)4. Wow I never connected those two works! Here's another for that list:
"Just" a jazzy rendition of Mozart's piece:
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elleng
(137,262 posts)5. Love it, it's one of my favorite pieces!