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One of the many stories involving artists and their creative process , tells us about how Beethoven created his ethereal masterpiece , The Moonlight Sonata with its brilliantly melancholic 1st movement ( Adagio Sostenuto ).
Having born among the anonymous working masses of society , Beethoven , unfortunately for him, had to make a living by playing in soirees of the Aristocracy and the tale tells us that being rejected by a lady that he fancied , the genius of Bonn decided in an impulsive manner , so characteristic of himself, to leave the soiree and get into the warm summer night . There he beheld this beautiful full moon that inspired him in the composition of the great anthem of the Romanticism . The veracity of this story is of no importance here but what it is really important is that this story illustrates one of the most atavistic seductions of Man throughout History ; His fascination for the moon and fading light .
Since the dawn of time the satellite of our planet exercised in us a power that originated the 1st myths and later on some of the best artistic accomplishments of human ingenuity .
The Moon, especially when its full turns the night into a shady version of day , its magic inspiring all sorts of stories about creatures tat are too hideous, too monstrous to roam in day time among the so called " normal " , so to speak , creatures .
The rays of the Moon have the duplicity nature fighting the nightmarish imperium of the Night because the darkness , as a good Game of Thrones fan knows , is full terrors . But at the same time those same rays who fights darkness also creates shadows that feeds our vivid imagination with all sorts of ghoulish phantoms . As the divine Poe says "... each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor ".
The moon kills the darkness of the night but brings forth the Demon of Fear that lurks in the most primitive recess of our soul .
I love the moon ! As its power controls the movements of the tides of the oceans of this planet , giving a periodic , comfortable rhythm to nature , it also gives me the same comfort to my soul .
Bringing peace , serenity , a state of spirit the ancient Greeks refer to as Ataraxia , a freedom of disturbance of mind and anxiety, tranquility .
I think that is what Beethoven when he composed his magna opera , Moonlight Sonata .
