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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor: Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2 ( Moonlight); from a 1954 recording by pianist Yves Nat. © Cefidom/Encyclopædia Universalis Moonlight Sonata, byname of Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2: Sonata quasi una fantasia, solo piano work by Ludwig van Beethoven, admired particularly for its mysterious, gently arpeggiated, and seemingly improvised first movement. The piece was completed in 1801, published the following year, and premiered by the composer himself, whose hearing was still adequate but already deteriorating at the time. The ni...