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2. I learned this sonata when I was 5 and still had talent

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:20 PM

Mar 2020

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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Beethoven Sonata Pathetique, 2nd Movement, played by Julie Michael [View all] elleng Mar 2020 OP

Just lovely! Thanks for sharing. Paz. RestoreAmerica2020 Mar 2020 #1

I learned this sonata when I was 5 and still had talent unblock Mar 2020 #2

THANKS for that! elleng Mar 2020 #3

Wow I never connected those two works! Here's another for that list: unblock Mar 2020 #4

Love it, it's one of my favorite pieces! elleng Mar 2020 #5