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Volume 7B · Level 10 · about 7 min

"Moonlight" Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2: III. Presto agitato

L. van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Sonata quasi una fantasia (1801)

After the calm first movement (Book 7A), a storm: rising arpeggios that end in two loud chords, again and again, in a full sonata form. A real concert piece; learn it in small sections at half speed, keeping the arpeggios even and the hand relaxed between the chords.

Source: Mutopia Project no. 276, typeset by Stewart Holmes (CC BY-SA 2.5).