Moonlight Sonata

Based on a story narrated by the musician Enrique Baldovino

North Pole

Original PPS in Portuguese from Edison de Piracicaba - Brazil ( epiazza@terra.com.br )

Adapted and translated from Portuguese by:

Pedro & Mila Ramos / Dowerglen, RSA – August/07

Music: Mondscheinesonate - Ludwig Van Beethoven

SONATA LUNII

Gate of AlcaláMadrid

Who did not have in life moments of extreme pain?Who has never felt, at some moment in life, the desire to give up?

Cine nu a avut în viaţă momente de durere extremă?

Cine nu a simţit uneori dorinţa de a renunţa?

Tower of BelemLisbon

Who has not yet felt lonely, extremely lonely, and had the sensation of having lost all hope?

Cine nu s-a simţit uneori singur,extrem de singur, având senzaţia pierderii oricărei speranţe?

Notre DameParis

Not even famous, rich, important people are exempt from having their moments of solitude and deep bitterness.

Nici cei mai faimoşi ,bogaţi, importanţi oameni din lume nu sunt scutiţi de momente de solitudine şi extremă amărăciune.

It was exactly what happened with one of the most remarkable composers of all times, Ludwig Van Beethoven, who was born in 1770, in Bonn, Germany,

and died in Vienna, Austria, in 1827.

Exact ce s-a întâmplat cu unul din cei mai remarcabili compozitori ai tuturor timpurilor,Ludwig Van Beethoven, născut la Bonn, Germania,

în 1770 şi decedat la Vienna, Austria în 1827.

RathausVienna

Beethoven was going through one of these sorrowful, sombre and gloomy periods. He was very sad and depressed by the death of a

German prince, who was his benefactor and as a second father to him.

Beethoven was going through one of these sorrowful, sombre and gloomy periods. He was very sad and depressed by the death of a

German prince, who was his benefactor and as a second father to him.

Beethoven trecea prin una din acele perioade de tristeţe, sumbre şi întunecate.Era foarte trist şi deprimat de moartea prinţului Germaniei, care

a fost binefăcătorul său şi un al doilea tată.

Brandenburg GateBerlin

The young composer suffered from a great lack of affection. His father was a drunkard who used to assault him physically.

He died on the streets, due to alcoholism.

The young composer suffered from a great lack of affection. His father was a drunkard who used to assault him physically.

He died on the streets, due to alcoholism.

Tânărul compozitor suferea de o mare lipsă de afecţiune.Tatăl său , un beţivan care obişnuia sa îl agreseze fizic, a murit pe străzi din cauza

alcoolismului .

His mother died very young. His biological brother never helped him and, on top of it all, he felt his illness was getting worse. Symptoms of deafness

started to disturb him, leaving him nervous and irritable.

His mother died very young. His biological brother never helped him and, on top of it all, he felt his illness was getting worse. Symptoms of deafness

started to disturb him, leaving him nervous and irritable.

Suleiman’s MosqueIstanbul

Mama sa a murit foarte tânără .Fratele său biologic nu l-a ajutat niciodată ,şi pe deasupra el simţea că boala sa se înrăutăţea.Simptomele

surdităţii începuseră să îl deranjeze,făcându-l nervos şi iritabil.

Sacré CoeurParis

Beethoven could only hear using a kind of horn-shaped trumpet in his ear. He always carried with him a notebook, where people could write

and so communicate with him. But they did not have patience for this, nor him to read their lips.

Beethoven putea auzi doar printr-un fel de trompetă introdusă în urechea sa.Totdeauna purta cu sine un caiet de notiţe ,unde oamenii puteau să

scrie şi să comunice cu el.Dar ei nu aveau răbdare cu acesta ,dacă el nu le putea citi pe buze.

Tower Bridge London

Noticing that nobody understood and wanted to help him, Beethoven withdrew into himself and avoided people. Therefore he earned the

fame of being a misanthrope. For all these reasons the composer fell into deep depression. He even prepared his will, saying that maybe it

was better for him to commit suicide.

Observînd ca nimeni nu îl înţelegea şi nu voia să-l ajute,Beethoven se retrăgea în sine şi evita oamenii.De aceea şi-a câştigat faima de

mizantrop.Din toate aceste motive compozitorul a căzut într-o adâncă depresie. Se şi pregătise sufleteşte,spunîndu-şi că poate era mai bine

pentru el să se sinucidă.

Parliament

Brussels

But as no child of God is forgotten, the helping hand Beethoven needed came through a blind young woman who lived in the same boarding house where he had moved to, and who one night told him, shouting at his ears:

“I would give everything to see the moonlight.”

Dar cum nici un copil al Domnului nu este uitat, mîna atât de necesară de ajutor a venit printr-o tânără femeie oarbă care locuia în aceeaşi casă unde

el se mutase ,şi care într-o noapte i-a spus, ţipîndu-i la ureche:“ Aş da orice să văd lumina lunii ! “

Church of Our Lady before TynPrague

Listening to her, Beethoven was moved to tears. After all, he could see!

After all, he could compose music and write it in paper!

Ascultând-o ,Beethoven a fost mişcat până la lacrimi. Până la urma ,el putea vedea! El putea compune muzică şi putea s-o transcrie pe hârtie!

Cathedral

Cologne

A strong will to live came back to Beethoven and led him to compose one of the most beautiful pieces of music of all times:

“Mondscheinsonate” – “Moonlight Sonata” .

O puternică dorinţă de a trăi a revenit la Beethoven şi l-a călăuzit să compună una din cele mai frumoase piese de muzică din toate

timpurile : Sonata lunii !

ParliamentBudapest

In its main theme, the melody imitates and resembles the slow steps of people, possibly of Beethoven himself and others, carrying the

coffin of the German prince, his friend, patron and benefactor.

In its main theme, the melody imitates and resembles the slow steps of people, possibly of Beethoven himself and others, carrying the

coffin of the German prince, his friend, patron and benefactor.

În tema ei principală , melodia imită şi seamănă cu paşii înceţi ai oamenilor, posibil ai lui Beethoven şi ai altora, ducînd sicriul prinţului

Germaniei, prietenul, patronul şi binefăcătorul său.

Lisbon

Looking at the silvery moonlit sky, and remembering the blind young woman, as asking the reasons for the death of his dear

friend, he falls into deep and profound meditation.

Uitându-se la cerul luminat de luna argintie ,şi amintindu-şi de tânăra femeie oarbă ,şi întrebându-se în acelaşi timp de motivele morţii

dragului său prieten, el a intrat intr-o adâncă meditaţie.

St. Peter’s SquareVatican

Some music scholars say that the notes that repeat themselves, insistently, in the main theme of the 1º movement of the Sonata, might be

the syllables of the words “Warum? Warum”? (Why? Why?) or another word in German of similar meaning.

Unii învăţăcei în muzică spun că notele care se repetă insistent, în tema principală a primei părţi a Sonatei , ar putea fi silabele cuvântului “

de ce “ sau a unui cuvânt asemănător în limba germană.

Coliseum

Rome

Years after having overcome his sorrow, suffering and pain, came the incomparable “Ode to Joy” from his “Ninth Symphony”, Beethoven’s

magnum opus, which crowned the life work of this remarkable composer. He conducted the first performance himself in 1824, and by then being

totally deaf, failed to hear the applause.

Anii de după învingerea tristeţei, suferinţei şi durerii, au venit cu incomparabila “Odă bucuriei” din a sa “Simfonia a noua”,capodopera sa , care a încoronat

munca de o viaţă a acestui remarcabil compozitor. Şi-a intrepretat opera prima oară în 1824,dar fiind total surd,nu a putut auzi aplauzele.

St. Mark’s Square Venice

One of the soloists gently turned him around, to see the hall full of a wildly cheering, applauding, and hat-waving audience. It is said the “Ode to Joy”

expresses Beethoven’s gratitude to life and to God, for not having committed suicide.

Unul din soliştii săi l-a întors blând, să vadă mulţimea aplaudând, ovaţionănd şi vibrând. Se spune ca “ Odă bucuriei” exprimă gratitudinea

lui Beethoven faţă de viaţă şi de Dumnezeu pentru că nu s-a sinucis.

Acropolis

Athens

And all this thanks to that blind young woman, who inspired in him the desire to translate, in musical notes, a moonlit night: rays of moonlight weaving

themselves in the sweet strains of a wondrously beautiful melody.

Şi toate astea muţumită acelei femei tinere oarbe, care l-a inspirat în dorinţa de a traduce în note muzicale ,o noapte luminată de lună: razele lunii împletindu-se în dulcile acorduri ale minunat de frumoasei melodii.

St. Basil’s Cathedral

Kremlin - Moscow

Using his sensibility, Beethoven, the composer who could not hear, portrayed, through his beautiful melody, the beauty of a night bathed

by the moonlight, for a girl who could not see it with her physical eyes.

Using his sensibility, Beethoven, the composer who could not hear, portrayed, through his beautiful melody, the beauty of a night bathed

by the moonlight, for a girl who could not see it with her physical eyes.

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Folosindu-şi sensibilitatea , Beethoven ,compozitorul care nu putea auzi, a conturat prin această minunată melodie, frumuseţea unei nopţi scăldată de razele lunii, pentru o fată care nu o putea vedea cu ochii

săi fizici.