A 2021 recording by Gaia Sokoli was the first to assemble all four pieces in this genre by one composer. The St. Matthew Passion may have inspired an “earthquake” passage in the fourth movement of a piece in this genre. The Grave (“GRAH-vey”) first movement of a 1798 piece in this genre uses 128th notes and opens with a long C minor chord. An “ecclesiastical fugue” appears in that A major piece in this genre by the composer of the song cycle (*) Das Jahr. Rapidly ascending C-sharp minor arpeggios appear in the third movement of a piece in this genre, which features the instruction “senza sordino.” An “Easter” piece in this genre was written by Fanny Mendelssohn. A C-sharp minor piece in this genre was inspired by the reflection on Lake Lucerne. For 10 points, name the genre of Beethoven's “Moonlight.” ■END■
ANSWER: piano sonatas [or sonatas for piano; prompt on sonatas or Easter Sonata or Moonlight Sonata]
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