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Is there any significance/story behind Beethovens Sonata No. 8, specifically the Pathetique Movement?

April 26, 2017BEETHOVEN Classical entertainment Music significance sonata story

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Is there any significance/story behind Beethovens Sonata No. 8, specifically the Pathetique Movement?

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It is said that Beethoven wrote the Pathetique to illustrate his frustration at going deaf, although I’ve also heard that he was inspired to write it by his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, whom the sonata is dedicated to.