If I played the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2, subtitled “Quasi una fantasia,” you would immediately recognize it.
Title doesn’t ring a bell? Trust me. You’d recognize it.
"A Moonlit Evening," 1880, by John Atkinson Grimshaw. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid. Public Domain
