Billy Joel says dad 'knocked me out' as a kid for playing 'Moonlight Sonata' incorrectly: 'Bam! I got whacked' The "Piano Man" said he was "unconscious for like a minute" after the blow.

Sonata Op. 27 no. 2 was published in 1802 under the title Sonata quasi una Fantasia, but is known today as the Moonlight Sonata after the German music critic Ludwig Rellstab wrote that it reminded him ...

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical universe around Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, exploring the sound worlds of Mozart, Holst and Saint-Saëns along the way. Show more Piano Sonata No. 14, more ...

The "Piano Man" is recalling a moment in which he was knocked unconscious by his own father after putting his own flare on Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata." ...

The popular nickname of the 'Moonlight' for the second sonata of Op. 27 may be a fair title for the first movement, but the rest of the work contains some of the most turbulent music Beethoven ...