Moonlight
E280006
Moonlight is the famous popular nickname for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, one of the most celebrated works in the classical piano repertoire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moonlight canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2577233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moonlight Context triple: [Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight", popularNickname, Moonlight]
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A.
Moonlight
Moonlight is a critically acclaimed 2016 coming-of-age drama film that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and race through the life of a young Black man growing up in Miami.
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B.
Can’t Fight the Moonlight
"Can’t Fight the Moonlight" is a pop-country crossover hit by LeAnn Rimes, best known as the signature song from the 2000 film *Coyote Ugly*.
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C.
La La Land
La La Land is a 2016 romantic musical film that follows the love story of an aspiring actress and a jazz musician in Los Angeles, celebrated for its nostalgic homage to classic Hollywood musicals and its acclaimed direction, music, and performances.
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D.
Green Book
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film about a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour through the racially segregated American South in the 1960s.
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E.
The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moonlight Target entity description: Moonlight is the famous popular nickname for Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, one of the most celebrated works in the classical piano repertoire.
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A.
Moonlight
Moonlight is a critically acclaimed 2016 coming-of-age drama film that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and race through the life of a young Black man growing up in Miami.
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B.
Can’t Fight the Moonlight
"Can’t Fight the Moonlight" is a pop-country crossover hit by LeAnn Rimes, best known as the signature song from the 2000 film *Coyote Ugly*.
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C.
La La Land
La La Land is a 2016 romantic musical film that follows the love story of an aspiring actress and a jazz musician in Los Angeles, celebrated for its nostalgic homage to classic Hollywood musicals and its acclaimed direction, music, and performances.
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D.
Green Book
Green Book is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film about a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour through the racially segregated American South in the 1960s.
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E.
The Green Book
The Green Book is Muammar Gaddafi’s political manifesto outlining his idiosyncratic “Third International Theory,” which rejects both capitalism and communism and proposes a system of direct popular rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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nickname ⓘ piano sonata ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Moonlight Sonata ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionYear | 1801 ⓘ |
| approximatePublicationYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | classical piano repertoire ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Beethoven Opus 27 set
ⓘ
linked to:
Opus 27 No. 2
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| catalogue | Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ |
| commonlyPerformedIn |
orchestral concerts (in arrangements)
ⓘ
piano recitals ⓘ |
| commonlyStudiedIn | piano education ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German ⓘ |
| compositionDecade | 1800s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | iconic classical piece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Countess Giulietta Guicciardi ⓘ |
| difficultyLevel | advanced piano repertoire ⓘ |
| firstMovementTempoMarking | Adagio sostenuto ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedIn |
advertising
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film soundtracks ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre | piano sonata ⓘ |
| hasForm | sonata form elements (especially in third movement) ⓘ |
| hasKeySignature | four sharps ⓘ |
| influenced | Romantic piano repertoire ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| isAmong |
most famous piano works
ⓘ
most performed piano sonatas ⓘ most recorded piano sonatas ⓘ |
| key | C-sharp minor ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| movementCount | 3 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous triplet accompaniment in first movement
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unconventional slow first movement ⓘ virtuosic final movement ⓘ |
| number | Piano Sonata No. 14 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 27 No. 2 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sonata quasi una fantasia ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 ⓘ |
| period | Classical period ⓘ |
| popularNickname | Moonlight ⓘ |
| refersTo | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ⓘ |
| secondMovementTempoMarking | Allegretto ⓘ |
| structure | three-movement sonata ⓘ |
| style | early Romantic ⓘ |
| thirdMovementTempoMarking | Presto agitato ⓘ |
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