Cultural References
Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata derives its name from an 1832 description of the first movement by music critic Ludwig Rellstab, who compared it to moonlight shining upon Lake Lucerne.
Gioacchino Rossini uses this in his Overture to William Tell Section A: Sunrise over the Alps.
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)